mim-mouthed
adjective
Silent, reserved, reticent, especially affectedly so; prim, meek, or effete in speech or (in extended use) behaviour.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Allan Ramsay (1684–1758), poet.
- power shower
- power skating
- power slide
- power socket
- power spectrum
- power station
- power steering
- power strip
- power stroke
- power structure
- power struggle
- power suit
- power-suited
- power supply
- power surge
- power system
- power take-off
- power tie
- power tool
- power-to-weight ratio
- power tower
- power train
- power transformer
- power transistor
- power trio