Bemouth

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim. transitive
  2. 2
    To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat. transitive

    "Entering the hotel they tossed off a glass of wine apiece, bemouthed a cigar, and directed the landlord to provide the best game supper in his power."

Example

More examples

"Entering the hotel they tossed off a glass of wine apiece, bemouthed a cigar, and directed the landlord to provide the best game supper in his power."

Etymology

From be- + mouth.

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