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mouthsore

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *mouthsor, *muthsar, from Old English mūþsār (“mouthsore”), equivalent to mouth + sore.

  1. inherited from mūþsār
  2. inherited from *mouthsor✻

Definitions

  1. A sore in or of the mouth.

    • OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore.
    • Then there was Betty who was constantly in a fit when she invariably became speechless. Not to mention, Sally's mouthsore and the severe dog-bites suffered by Maria.

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