fine-mouthedadj.

?1549 T. Becon Castell of Comforte sig. D.iiii Solue regina, as some of theim that be not very fyne mouthed pronounce it.

1580 F. Shakelton Blazyng Starre sig. a.ij^v I shalbe launced with the bitter reproofes and Zoilous reprehensions of certaine fine mouthed mates, who looke for finer phrases, and more mellow and sugred sentences, then my poore skill or habilitie will aford.

1674 Cambr. Jests 40 A fine mouthed Scholar, seeing a Sparrow mute on his companions hat, said to put the matter in fine language, Sir, A Sparrow has untrussed a point upon your hat.

1850 Working Man's Friend 23 Mar. 364 He had laboured hard to rid himself of anything provincial in his dialect, and had acquired instead a mincing, fine-mouthed way of talking.

1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. Q.3 For nether the begerlines of the land, wilbe able to fede the fine mouthed french men.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. xxiii. 133 And now for that our fine-mouthed and daintie wantons who set such store by their tooth.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cclv. sig. Bbbb2^v Our dainty Age is grown so fine mouthed.

1737 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) at Mouth In common Speech, one that has a nice, dainty or delicious Taste or Stomach is said to be fine mouthed.

1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iii. 141 A Parson..who..would have stretched a fellow-creature upon the rack,..should the executioner be too fine mouthed.

1881 Georgia Weekly Tel. 9 Sept. ‘Nell shan't suffer from any fine-mouthed freak of mine,’ said the bullet-headed.

1915 Oxf. (Indiana) Gaz. 5 Feb. Just walk round to some of these fine-mouthed folk and ask them what they will pay down in dollars for the good of humanity.

2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 19 July 4 It seems we have very fine-mouthed mice these days and apparently they think it's [sc. chocolate] an aphrodisiac too.