mickle-mouthedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪkəlmaʊðd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪkəlˌmaʊðd/,

/ˈmɪkəlˌmaʊθt/, Scottish English

/ˈmɪkəlmʌʊθt/

Forms: see mickle adj. and mouthed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mickle adj., mouthed adj.

Etymology: < mickle adj. + mouthed adj.

Chiefly Scottish.

Having a large mouth.In quot. 1720: (of a spoon) having a large bowl; cf. mouth n. 17.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > types of

round-mouthed?1473

shevel?1507

tut-mouthed?a1513

wry-mouthed1552

pouch-mouth1565

plaice-moutha1569

out-lipped1570

pouch-mouthed?a1592

flap-mouthed1594

wide-mouthed1594

plaice-mouthed1595

big-mouthed1602

sparrow-mouthed1611

stretch-moutheda1616

splay-mouthed1647

wry-mouth1652

whale-mouthed1656

out-mouthed1698

spout-mouthed?1711

mickle-mouthed1720

sheveling-gabbit1725

mickle-mouth1863

tenible1871

primped1935

1720 A. Ramsay Christ's Kirk on Green iii, in Poems 112 Twall Toop Horn-spoons down Maggy lays, Baith muckle-mow'd and lang.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 253 Mickle mouth'd Folk are happy to their Meat.

1802 in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott xi Meg Murray was the ugliest woman in the four counties, and..was called..meikle-mouthed Meg.

1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet vii. 63 There was no ane o' them weel-faured——Muckle-moo'd Gilchrists they ca'ed them.

1914 County Folk-lore VII. 391 Mim-mou'ed maidens never get a man; muckle-mou'ed maids get twa.

1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye xi. 93 She was sort of muckle-mouthed... When she was talking and got excited,..her mouth sort of went in about fifty directions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mickle-mouthed
释义	mickle-mouthedadj. Brit. /ˈmɪkəlmaʊðd/, U.S. /ˈmɪkəlˌmaʊðd/, /ˈmɪkəlˌmaʊθt/, Scottish English /ˈmɪkəlmʌʊθt/ Forms: see mickle adj. and mouthed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mickle adj., mouthed adj. Etymology: < mickle adj. + mouthed adj. Chiefly Scottish. Having a large mouth.In quot. 1720: (of a spoon) having a large bowl; cf. mouth n. 17. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > types of round-mouthed?1473 shevel?1507 tut-mouthed?a1513 wry-mouthed1552 pouch-mouth1565 plaice-moutha1569 out-lipped1570 pouch-mouthed?a1592 flap-mouthed1594 wide-mouthed1594 plaice-mouthed1595 big-mouthed1602 sparrow-mouthed1611 stretch-moutheda1616 splay-mouthed1647 wry-mouth1652 whale-mouthed1656 out-mouthed1698 spout-mouthed?1711 mickle-mouthed1720 sheveling-gabbit1725 mickle-mouth1863 tenible1871 primped1935 1720 A. Ramsay Christ's Kirk on Green iii, in Poems 112 Twall Toop Horn-spoons down Maggy lays, Baith muckle-mow'd and lang. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 253 Mickle mouth'd Folk are happy to their Meat. 1802 in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott xi Meg Murray was the ugliest woman in the four counties, and..was called..meikle-mouthed Meg. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet vii. 63 There was no ane o' them weel-faured——Muckle-moo'd Gilchrists they ca'ed them. 1914 County Folk-lore VII. 391 Mim-mou'ed maidens never get a man; muckle-mou'ed maids get twa. 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye xi. 93 She was sort of muckle-mouthed... When she was talking and got excited,..her mouth sort of went in about fifty directions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1720
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