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gilden mouth n. [after Hellenistic Greek χρυσόστομος (‘Chrysostom’) ‘golden-mouthed’ (see chrysostomic adj.), the posthumous cognomen of the Early Church Father] (an epithet of) St John, archbishop of Constantinople (d. 407), an Early Church Father renowned for his eloquence and persuasiveness as a preacher; = goldenmouth n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2a.Quot. eOE shows a weak adjective gyldenmūþa golden-mouthed, eloquent, also found in use with more general reference in Old English, here reflecting use by Bede ( Metrical Life of St. Cuthbert Prol. 23) with reference to John Chrysostom.