mouthsome

mouthsome

English

Etymology

From mouth +‎ -some.

Adjective

mouthsome (comparative more mouthsome, superlative most mouthsome)

1. Characterised by the mouth or by mouthiness; mouthy
   • 1948, Saturday Review of Literature - Volume 31:

     Yet, in spite of the mouthsome hyphenates into which his thoroughness tempted him, Polonius was guilty of a grave omission.

   • 2005, Maria Damon, ‎Miek-a-l And, PleasureTEXTpossession:

     Weakened heart, summer tomatoes the splash of red mouthsome pleasure dichotomy. Who spilt whom? Who holds whom?

   • 2015, Jonathan Franzen, Purity:

     My mother happily smiled and then, certain that she looked like a mouthsome Tyrannosaur, tried to stretch her lips down over her hundred teeth; but concealment was a lost cause.

   • 2016, Alina Simone, Madonnaland: And Other Detours into Fame and Fandom:

     (Demonstrating an almost staggering lack of humor, Stuart pressed on with the suit even after the defendants offered to change the site's name to the Jewish Rock and Roll Challah of Fame. They were forced to settle, and the site is now called Jews Who Rock.) Thus the mouthsome acronym MRRLHoF was born.