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tear-mouth

noun

Etymology

From tear + 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. compounded as tear-mouth — “tear + mouth”

Definitions

  1. A blustering, boisterous person.

  2. An overactor.

    • You grow rich, do you, and purchase, you twopenny tear-mouth?

  3. Vociferous.

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