| 单词 | bird-mouthed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird-mouthed bird-mouthed adj. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (east midlands) reluctant or scared to speak out. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] > of persons, speech ambiguous1560 meal-mouthed1570 mealy-mouthed1571 mealy1573 mealmouth1575 Janian1598 equivocant1609 bird-mouthed1610 equivocating1645 Janus-like1656 Janus-faceda1682 equivocatory1821 Samsonian1861 weasel1912 weasel-worded1923 stuttery1937 bet-hedging1971 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. liii. 746 They [sc. the disciples] were not bird-mouthed vnto him [sc. Christ]. 1837 J. Galt Let. 12 June in Fraser's Mag. July 24 I am not deemed bird-mouthed on peremptory occasions. 2016 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 31 May The delay with the tyres was so significant that even the normally bird-mouthed Marko was moved to comment. < as lemmas |
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