单词 | foul-mouthed |
释义 | foul-mouthedadj. Given to speaking in an offensive or disgraceful way, (now) spec. given to using coarse or obscene language; characterized by such speech or language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > given to swearing or profanity ill-tongueda1300 foul-moutheda1470 foul-tongued1549 foul-spoken1574 rough-mouthed1646 foulmouth1661 damning1667 swearing1796 expletive1841 hard-mouthed1864 potty-mouthed1987 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1127 ‘Hit was fowle-mowthed,’ seyde the quene, ‘and evyll lykened, so for to lyken the moste noble knyght of the worlde unto such a shamefull dethe’. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 107 Like a foule mouthd man as he is. View more context for this quotation 1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem ii. 77 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles What a lowd and Stentorian untruth is here uttered by a foule mouthed Iesuit? 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 193 Those foule mouth'd papers, like Blackmoors, did all look alike. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 95 One of those foul-mouth'd Poets. 1838 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 183 Temple..complained, very unjustly, of Bentley's foul-mouthed raillery. 1843 J. F. Cooper Ned Myers xiii. 155 The ship's husband, who was so foul-mouthed, was as busy as ever, blackguarding right and left, and finding fault with everything. 1987 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 5/1 The British Airways official who took the full force of a foul-mouthed tirade by Joan Collins said last night that the incident was ‘rather silly’. 1988 O. Clark Diary 13 Dec. (1998) 277 I ate a bologna in Holland Park, listening to foul-mouthed schoolchildren. Really obnoxious—‘fuck you, got my fackin' hash.’ 2020 @mygibbo 4 June in twitter.com (accessed 12 Jan. 2021) Twitter is alive with people aghast at his ludicrous, foul-mouthed rant. Derivatives ˈfoulˌmouthedness n. the quality of using coarse, obscene, or offensive language; foul-mouthed speech or language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > quality or condition of being profane scurrility?a1513 profanity1563 dirtiness1649 smuttiness1688 foulmouthedness1833 1833 Poor Man's Guardian 7 Sept. 285/2 Our business here is not to defend ourselves from the foul-mouthedness of parsons and swaddlers. 1884 Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 645/2 The country..has had a taste of Radical foulmouthedness. 2001 Guardian 11 Jan. i. 26/8 She was notorious for a forthright foulmouthedness which was only enhanced by the beauty of her voice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1470 |
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