mushmouthedadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌʃˈmaʊðd/, U.S.

/ˈməʃˌmaʊðd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mush n.¹, mouthed adj.

Etymology: < mush n.¹ + mouthed adj., after mushmouth n.

U.S. slang.

Of speech: indistinct, imprecise, sloppy. Of a person: having a drawling or indistinct accent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct

rough-spoken1633

thick-speaking1861

burring1883

mushmouthed1909

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct > of speech

thicka1398

clipped1483

unlanguaged1677

slurred1746

slithering1840

slurring1848

mushmouth1902

mushmouthed1909

slurry1937

side-of-the-mouth1939

1909 Catholic Educ. Assoc. Bull. Nov. 179 All we can say of this method [sc. the Kikero theory] is that it is a good ‘theory’; but it sounds supremely ridiculous in its English ‘mush-mouthed drawl’.

1938 E. Caldwell Southways 91 He could have been put in the ground a lot sooner if that jabbering preacher and that mush-mouthed black-boy would have laid aside their jawboning.

1983 G. Benford Against Infinity v. 76 The men passed the records around, calling out snatches of official directives nearly a century old, laughing at the stiff Earther terms and mush-mouthed way of talking.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mushmouthed
释义	mushmouthedadj. Brit. /ˌmʌʃˈmaʊðd/, U.S. /ˈməʃˌmaʊðd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mush n.¹, mouthed adj. Etymology: < mush n.¹ + mouthed adj., after mushmouth n. U.S. slang. Of speech: indistinct, imprecise, sloppy. Of a person: having a drawling or indistinct accent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct rough-spoken1633 thick-speaking1861 burring1883 mushmouthed1909 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct > of speech thicka1398 clipped1483 unlanguaged1677 slurred1746 slithering1840 slurring1848 mushmouth1902 mushmouthed1909 slurry1937 side-of-the-mouth1939 1909 Catholic Educ. Assoc. Bull. Nov. 179 All we can say of this method [sc. the Kikero theory] is that it is a good ‘theory’; but it sounds supremely ridiculous in its English ‘mush-mouthed drawl’. 1938 E. Caldwell Southways 91 He could have been put in the ground a lot sooner if that jabbering preacher and that mush-mouthed black-boy would have laid aside their jawboning. 1983 G. Benford Against Infinity v. 76 The men passed the records around, calling out snatches of official directives nearly a century old, laughing at the stiff Earther terms and mush-mouthed way of talking. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909
随便看	to laugh away to laugh down to laugh in a person's face to laugh in one's sleeve to laugh in the face of to laugh it up to laugh like a drain to laugh like little audrey to laugh off to laugh on the other side to laugh on the other side of one's face to laugh on the other side of one's mouth to laugh on the wrong side to laugh on the wrong side of one's etc to laugh on the wrong side of one's face to laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth to laugh one's fill to laugh one's head off to laugh one's tits off to laugh oneself sick to laugh oneself silly to laugh oneself stupid to laugh or take to scorning to laugh out to laugh out of court