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单词 mouthed
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mouthedadj.

Brit. /maʊðd/, U.S. /maʊðd/
Forms: see mouth n. and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mouth n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < mouth n. + -ed suffix2.
1. In parasynthetic compounds.
a. Speaking in a particular way; having a particular voice or manner or speaking.For more common compounds, as foul-, loud-mouthed, etc., see the first element.
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 519 Thanne hath he redi his aspie... A janglere, an evel mouthed oon.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. 126 Suche manere of men aren murye-mouthede men, mynstrales of heuene.
1551 Bible (Matthew's) Exod. iv. 10 But I am slowe mouthed and slowe tongued.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune i. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ttttt2/1 Your hot mouthed pleader thought 'had wonne.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 316 He prefers a Cry of Lawyers at the Bar before any Pack of the best mouthed Dogs in all the North.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. iii. 57 No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock, and the deep-mouthed watch-dog.
1853 Alta California (San Francisco) 25 Apr. 1/7 A glib-mouthed auctioneer and at least two cappers, puffers, or decoy-ducks.
1898 O. Wilde Ballad of Reading Gaol 4 Some coarse-mouthed Doctor.
1948 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1994) II. 1350 Glasgow was freer in the old days, of course; Less mim-mouthed, puritanical, controlled.
1989 A. D. Foster Quozl viii. 96 Words he never dared to use in the presence of..his blabber-mouthed sister, who would gladly repeat them to his mother.
b. Having a mouth or aperture of a particular kind.For more common compounds, as broad-, small-mouthed, etc., see the first element.
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c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2779 (MED) Thow wenes for to flay vs, floke-mowthede schrewe.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiv The firste [property of an ass] is to be small mouthed: the seconde to be longe rayned.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G6v And euery head was..Bloody mouthed with late cruell feast.
1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe ii. sig. F But if he [sc. one's horse] be..gentle mouthed, then shall the cheeke of your Bytte be made but vppon one degree.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 95 Seuentie mouthed Volga.
1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 303 Gaping-mouthed men are noted for fools by Lucian.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4689/4 She is hard mouthed but a very pleasant Goer.
1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 210 Buccina Recurvirostra,... Wry-mouthed Whelks.
1853 W. O. Markham tr. J. Skoda Treat. Auscultation 139 A single-mouthed fistulous opening.
1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 68 An occasional blast from our bull-mouthed siren is also inimical to slumber.
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. v. 45 The black or prehensile-lipped rhinoceros, unlike its square-mouthed and so-called ‘white’ cousin, [etc.].
1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 17 Dec. 62/2 John Robbins said you could buy sound-mouthed five and six year wethers of good frame..weighing around 40 kilos.
2. Gaping, having an open mouth. Also in extended use. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > wide open or gaping
yawningc893
wideOE
wide open?c1225
gap-wide1582
gaping1594
mouthed1609
patulous1616
wide-opened1635
dehiscent1649
discontinuous1667
patulent1712
hiant1800
yawn-mouthed1861
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > open-mouthed
yawningc890
galpingc1386
open-mouthed?1533
gaping1594
wide-mouth?c1599
mouthed1609
slack-jawed1642
slack-mouthed1642
open-mouth1702
wide-mouthed1776
gapish1850
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxvii. sig. F The wrinckles..Of mouthed graues will giue thee memorie. View more context for this quotation
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 242 Reflect: what meanes hee by that mouthed waue?
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia in Poems (1878) III. To Rdr. 131 As mouthéd Peasants (throng to see the state,..And Gape vpon the Gowne,..) magnifie Merit.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cclxviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 68 Those Frenchmen, by lewd hands were now led on, A Present to the king, as their owne Act; What Royaltie has restitution To Mouthéd Peasants?
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 182 I..sat me down, and took a mouthed shell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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