Unmouthable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    unpronounceable dated

    "I hope the Congress will sanction some substitutes for the worst of the unmouthable foreign names. The pronunciation of these is so diverse, and generally so ludicrous and incomprehensible, […]"

Example

More examples

"I hope the Congress will sanction some substitutes for the worst of the unmouthable foreign names. The pronunciation of these is so diverse, and generally so ludicrous and incomprehensible, […]"

Etymology

From un- + mouthable.

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