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bemouth

verb

Etymology

From be- + mouth.

  1. inherited from mouthen
  2. derived from *ment-✻ — “to chew; jaw, mouth”
  3. inherited from *munþaz✻ — “mouth”
  4. inherited from *munþ✻
  5. inherited from mūþ
  6. inherited from mouth
  7. prefixed as bemouth — “be + mouth”

Definitions

  1. To mouth the praises of (a person)

    To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.

  2. To place in the mouth

    To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.

    • 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.
    • All made of Flanders cloth, And now bemouthed of many a moth […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA