单词 | mouthed |
释义 | mouthedadj. 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.a1393 |
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