red-mouthedadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛdˈmaʊðd/,

/ˌrɛdˈmaʊθt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdˌmaʊθ(t)/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., mouthed adj.

Etymology: < red adj. + mouthed adj.

1. In the names of animals (esp. fish): having red coloration around the mouth.In quot. 1752 with reference to the aperture of the shell of a whelk.

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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 133 The red-mouthed Buccinum, with the clavicle erect.

1836 R. M. Martin Hist. W. Indies I. iii. 85 Grunt, red-mouthed. Salt water; one lb.

1907 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 12 Sept. 5/2 The yellow grunt and the red mouthed grunt are not allied species.

1933 Copeia No. 1. 27 Megastomatobus cyprinella... Red-mouthed buffalo [fish].—Briggs Lake, 13 miles from St. Cloud.

1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. (rev. ed.) 75 The best-known of the emperor breams is the sweet-lip or red-mouthed emperor.

2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 July (Features section) 13 We look for green sea slugs and red-mouthed gobys and find instead a giant crab claw and an elegant couple in their bathing suits.

2. More generally: that has or is characterized by a red mouth. Also figurative and in extended use.

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1838 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 25 Sept. The whole pack is let loose upon him, denouncing him as a federalist, a bank man, an anti-mason, and, above all, ‘a red-mouthed abolitionist’.

1851 H. R. Schoolcraft Personal Mem. Resid. 30 Years Indian Tribes 377 A tall, not portly, red-mouthed, and pucker-mouthed man.

1864 G. H. Calvert Arnold & André ii. i. 43 A soldier's life belongs not to himself: 'Tis war's light plaything. Mine I've often cast Into the cannon's red-mouthed deafening rage.

1913 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. 239 And red-mouthed shadows racing By, that thrust me from my food.

1934 D. Thomas Let. c26 May in Sel. Lett. (1966) 133 I've wasted some of my tremendous love for you on a lank, redmouthed girl with a reputation like a hell.

1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. (Travel section) 1 Old women on verandas chew betel nut, and give red-mouthed spacey grins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-mouthed
释义	red-mouthedadj. Brit. /ˌrɛdˈmaʊðd/, /ˌrɛdˈmaʊθt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌmaʊθ(t)/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., mouthed adj. Etymology: < red adj. + mouthed adj. 1. In the names of animals (esp. fish): having red coloration around the mouth.In quot. 1752 with reference to the aperture of the shell of a whelk. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 133 The red-mouthed Buccinum, with the clavicle erect. 1836 R. M. Martin Hist. W. Indies I. iii. 85 Grunt, red-mouthed. Salt water; one lb. 1907 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 12 Sept. 5/2 The yellow grunt and the red mouthed grunt are not allied species. 1933 Copeia No. 1. 27 Megastomatobus cyprinella... Red-mouthed buffalo [fish].—Briggs Lake, 13 miles from St. Cloud. 1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. (rev. ed.) 75 The best-known of the emperor breams is the sweet-lip or red-mouthed emperor. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 July (Features section) 13 We look for green sea slugs and red-mouthed gobys and find instead a giant crab claw and an elegant couple in their bathing suits. 2. More generally: that has or is characterized by a red mouth. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > lip or lips > types of babber-lippedc1400 blab-lippedc1430 blabber-lipped1483 thick-lippeda1529 blobber-lipped1593 blub1603 red-lipped1605 rose-lippeda1616 blubbered1634 sweet-lippeda1644 labrous1656 blobber1670 blubber1677 blubber-lipped1690 red-mouthed1838 blubberous1863 semihiant1873 slobber1895 labrose1905 1838 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 25 Sept. The whole pack is let loose upon him, denouncing him as a federalist, a bank man, an anti-mason, and, above all, ‘a red-mouthed abolitionist’. 1851 H. R. Schoolcraft Personal Mem. Resid. 30 Years Indian Tribes 377 A tall, not portly, red-mouthed, and pucker-mouthed man. 1864 G. H. Calvert Arnold & André ii. i. 43 A soldier's life belongs not to himself: 'Tis war's light plaything. Mine I've often cast Into the cannon's red-mouthed deafening rage. 1913 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. 239 And red-mouthed shadows racing By, that thrust me from my food. 1934 D. Thomas Let. c26 May in Sel. Lett. (1966) 133 I've wasted some of my tremendous love for you on a lank, redmouthed girl with a reputation like a hell. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. (Travel section) 1 Old women on verandas chew betel nut, and give red-mouthed spacey grins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1752
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