单词 | weasel-worded |
释义 | > as lemmasweasel-worded weasel-worded adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] > of persons, speech ambiguous1560 meal-mouthed1570 mealy-mouthed1571 mealy1573 mealmouth1575 Janian1598 equivocant1609 bird-mouthed1610 equivocating1645 Janus-like1656 Janus-faceda1682 equivocatory1821 Samsonian1861 weasel1912 weasel-worded1923 stuttery1937 bet-hedging1971 1923 Ld. Charnwood Theodore Roosevelt x. 215 It is even comically reminiscent of the writer's own criticisms later of Mr. Wilson's ‘weasel-worded’ phrases. 1981 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. 4/1 The facts it contained did not support what one official termed the agency's ‘weasel-worded’ conclusion. < as lemmas |
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