English Dictionary: mealymouthed | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for mealymouthed | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mealy-mouthed \Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. [bd]Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.[b8] --Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange. -- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n. |