ill-tonguedadj.
/ˈɪlˈtʌŋd/ Having an evil or malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language.
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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
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxix. 12 [cxl. 11] Man il-tunged, ai spekand.
c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Bii A yll tongyd wrech wyll ye not see.
1693 W. Congreve in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. Notes 235 Thersites. An Impudent, Deformed, Ill-Tongu'd Fellow.
1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 215 The most ill-tongued ruffians that ever escaped from a penal settlement.
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