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Mouthful
Definitions
- 1 Bombastic or awkward.
"Once this happens to be the result, there is little reason for waxing over such mouthful phrases as 'grass-roots democracy', 'democratic decentralization' or 'panchayati raj'."
- 1 The amount that will fit in a mouth.
"He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in."
- 2 a small amount eaten or drunk wordnet
- 3 Quite a bit. slang
"“Unquestionably his metabolism is unduly susceptible to stresses resulting from the interaction of external excitations,” he said, and Bobbie patted him on the shoulder in a maternal sort of way, a thing I wouldn't have cared to do myself though our relations were, as I have indicated, more cordial than they had been at one time, and told him he had said a mouthful."
- 4 the quantity that can be held in the mouth wordnet
- 5 Something difficult to pronounce or say.
"“She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say."
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- 6 A tirade of abusive language.
"to give someone a mouthful"
Etymology
From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).
From mouth + -ful.
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