mealy-mouthedness
/ˌmiːlɪˈmaʊð(ə)dnəs/noun
The state or condition of being mealy-mouthed.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas D'Urfey (?1653–1723), playwright and writer. From mealy-mouthed + -ness.
- the school of hard knocks
- the Scillies
- these
- the Secession
- these days
- these presents
- the Serpent
- Theseus
- the seven deadly sins
- the seven seas
- the seven-year itch
- the Seychelles
- the Shades
- the shape of things to come
- the sharp end
- the Shetlands
- the Shires
- the shirt off (or on) one's back
- the short end of the stick
- the sick man of ——
- Thesiger, Wilfred
- the silent majority
- the silent treatment
- the silly season
- the silver screen