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bucculent

/ˈbʌkjələnt/

bucculent adjective: possessing a wide mouth.

Adjective

bucculent (comparative more bucculent, superlative most bucculent)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Possessing a wide mouth.
    • […] and instead of the Amazonian Trull, or the weather-beaten Admiral which frowns from under the bowsprit of a British man-of-war, they carve on their prows the fair image of some bucculent Cherub, or some semi-anatomized Saint.1823, The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, page 276

Forms of bucculent

comparativemore bucculent
superlativemost bucculent

Origin of bucculent

From Latin bucculentus.

Questions about bucculent

What does bucculent mean?
Bucculent means possessing a wide mouth.
What part of speech is bucculent?
Bucculent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bucculent?
Bucculent is pronounced /ˈbʌkjələnt/.

Words near bucculent in the dictionary

  1. buccras
  2. buccula
  3. bucculae
  4. bucculatricid
  5. bucculatricids
  6. bucculent
  7. bucellarii
  8. bucellarius
  9. Bucellas
  10. bucentaur
  11. bucentaurs

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