open-mouthed

open-mouthed

See also: openmouthed

English

Adjective

open-mouthed (comparative more open-mouthed, superlative most open-mouthed)

1. (obsolete) Talkative, speaking freely.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter I, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:

     and so they loued to gyder more hotter than they did to fore hand / and had suche preuy draughtes to gyder that many in the Courte spak of hit / and in especial sir Agrauayne/ sir Gawayns broder / for he was euer open mouthed / So bifel that syre Launcelot had many resortes of ladyes and damoysels that dayly resorted vnto hym / that besoughte hym to be their champyon

2. With the mouth open.
3. Gaping in surprise, wonder or astonishment.

Synonyms

• (Gaping in surprise, wonder or astonishment): agape

Translations

talkative

Finnish: löyhäsuinen, hölösuinen, avosuinen

with the mouth open

Catalan: bocabadat Finnish: avosuinen

Irish: gionach Spanish: boquiabierto (es)

gaping in surprise etc.

Catalan: bocabadat Czech: s otevřenou pusou Finnish: avosuinen

French: bouche bée (fr) Spanish: boquiabierto (es)