† pouch-mouthadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
= pouch-mouthed adj.In quot. 1575 of a word: causing the mouth to become pouch-like.
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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
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > not euphonious > hard to pronounce
pouch-mouth1565
crack-jaw1827
jaw-breaking1842
1565 King Daryus sig. F Thou pouchmouth knaue Thou shalt strypes haue.
1575 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 93 When I first heard that same terrible powche~mouthe and..owtelandish worde.
B. n.
A person or animal with a pouch-like mouth; a mouth with protruding lips.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > types of
tutel?c1225
oven mouthc1425
plaice-moutha1569
pouch-mouth?1570
flop-mouth1604
flap-mouth1631
out-mouth1668
flounder-mouth1672
sparrow-mouth1673
splay-mouth1693
smoke-holea1704
screw mouth1707
spout mouth1736
beak-mouth1921
satchel-mouth1933
motormouth1976
?1570 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises sig. Bv Now goodman pouchmouth I am a slave with you.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Morre, a powch-mouth; a mouth garded with great, out-standing, or slowching lips.
1706 R. Howlett Anglers Sure Guide 157 He cannot take your small Fish cross the back, as the Trout and Pike to, he having a round Pouch-Mouth.
1780 Festival of Momus 131 Dame Double Clack's was a pouch mouth, (And her lips they were terrible thick).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.n.1565