MEALYMOUTHED

mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed

(adjective) hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; “a mealymouthed politician”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

mealymouthed

Alternative form of mealy-mouthed

Source: Wiktionary


Meal"y-mouthed`, a.

Definition: Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange.

– Meal"y-mouth`ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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