broad-mouthedadj.
/ˌbrɔːdˈmaʊðd/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈmaʊðd/, /ˌbrɑdˈmaʊðd/ 1. Having a broad mouth. Chiefly used in relation to objects, esp. jars or other containers, but sometimes of people (cf. sense 2).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > having (spec. type of) mouth
narrow-mouthed1563
large-mouthed1576
bell-mouthed1797
whale-mouthed1952
a1547 in L. G. G. Ramsey Antique Eng. Pott., Porc. & Glass (1961) f. 147v vij cases of wicker twoo of theym partelye guilte wth vij brode mouthed Vrynalls in theym wt laces of thrid to eache of theym.
1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner i. vi. 28 Raise the Turff with the Turff-Spade, (which is broad mouthed).
1864 Mag. for Young May 179 A broad-mouthed glass jar.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 226/2 Potiche, large broad-mouthed Chinese porcelain jar of ‘baluster’ shape, with cover.
1994 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 30 Mar. A wide-eyed, broad-mouthed blonde, is best known for her Broadway roles in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’
2017 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 27 Dec. The broad rule of thumb is that a large, broad-mouthed glass works better for red wine.
2. figurative. Of a person: given to speaking up; unreserved or frank in sharing one's opinions; outspoken, plain-spoken. Also: characterized by this kind of outspokenness or directness of expression. Often with negative connotations of (in early use) insolence or (in later use) lack of refinement.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > impudent in speech or of speech
bardish1641
brisk1665
flippant1677
sassy1799
slang1818
lippy1875
smart-mouthed1967
1579 S. Gosson Ephemerides Phialo f. 24v Tullie was eloquent, but fearefull too speake; Crassus bolde, but verye broade mouthed.
1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. K Your squared words, And broad-mouth'd tearmes.
1613 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (rev. ed.) i. iii. 7 My selfe, that am so broad-mouthed and lavish in speaches, am notwithstanding naturally touched with that bashfulnesse.
1684 T. Southerne Disappointment i. i. 6 Had my broad-mouth'd, sland'rous Villain said it, I would have..stabb'd the venom'd lye down to his heart.
1770 G. Colman Oxonian in Town (London ed.) i. 6 And then that broad-mouthed scoundrel, McShuffle, swearing upon his shalvation there's no shin in it.
1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 21 Aug. 899/1 Through all the storm of party invective, and the foam of broad mouthed demagogues, he has kept the ‘whiteness of his soul’.
1923 Aberdeen Jrnl. 2 Oct. 2/6 Others besides Puritans have decried the broad-mouthed humour of ‘Tristram Shandy’.
1995 Economist 23 Dec. 29/3 The man with the job of answering the question..has neither the broad-mouthed Antipodean aggression of Sam Chisholm,..nor the arbitrary irascibility of Michael Green.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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