round-mouthed
/ˌraʊn(d)ˈmaʊðd/ /ˌraʊn(d)ˈmaʊθt/adjective
1Having, characterized by, or produced by a round-shaped mouth. Also figurative : elegant, sonorous.
2 Zoology. Of a gastropod mollusc: having a shell with a round mouth; specifically designating a terrestrial European snail, Pomatias elegans (family Pomatiidae), which has a thick-walled and somewhat conical shell with a calcified operculum.
3Of an object: having a round opening, or a rounded end or edge.
Origin
Late 15th century; earliest use found in William Caxton (1415x24–1492), printer, merchant, and diplomat. From round + mouthed.
- liveness
- live oak
- live off (or on)
- live off (or on) the fat of the land
- live off the land
- live one
- live one's own life
- live on one's nerves (or one's nerve ends)
- live out of a suitcase
- liver
- live rail
- liverance
- 'liverance
- liver-brown
- liver chestnut
- liver complaint
- liverd
- livered
- live register
- liver fluke
- liver-grown
- liver-hearted
- liveried
- livering
- liverish