mealy-mouth

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• mealy-mouth — …   Useful english dictionary

• mealy-mouthedness — mealy mouthˈedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑meal …   Useful english dictionary

• Mealy-mouthed — Meal y mouthed , a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of {frank} or {blunt}. Mealy mouthed philanthropies.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mealy-mouthness — Mealy mouthed Meal y mouthed , a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of {frank} or {blunt}. Mealy mouthed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mealy-mouthed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ reluctant to speak frankly. ORIGIN perhaps from German Mehl im Maule behalten carry meal in the mouth (i.e. be unstraightforward in speech), or related to Latin mel honey …   English terms dictionary

• mealy — UK [ˈmiːlɪ] / US [ˈmɪlɪ] adjective Word forms mealy : adjective mealy comparative mealier superlative mealiest mealy fruit or vegetables are soft and feel rough, dry, and unpleasant in your mouth a mealy apple …   English dictionary

• mouth — mouth1 W1S2 [mauθ] n plural mouths [mauðz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(face)¦ 2 keep your mouth shut 3 open your mouth 4 (you) watch your mouth 5¦(entrance)¦ 6¦(river)¦ 7¦(bottle/container)¦ 8 big m …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mealy — meal|y [ mili ] adjective 1. ) mealy fruit and vegetables are soft and feel rough, dry, and unpleasant in your mouth: a mealy apple 2. ) made of crushed grain, or covered with it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mealy-mouthed — adjective reluctant to speak frankly. Origin C16: perh. from Ger. Mehl im Maule behalten, lit. carry meal in the mouth , i.e. be unstraightforward in speech, or related to L. mel honey …   English new terms dictionary

• biography — /buy og reuh fee, bee /, n., pl. biographies. 1. a written account of another person s life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. 2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. 3. such writings collectively.… …   Universalium

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