flannelmouthed
flannelmouthed is the alternative form of flannel-mouthed.
Meaning of flannel-mouthed
Adjective
flannel-mouthed (comparative more flannel-mouthed, superlative most flannel-mouthed)
- Smooth and persuasive in speech, especially in order to deceive or manipulate.
- I went to her, sat close beside her and tried snuggling up a little. It worked. . . . "I can get them," I said just as flannel-mouthed as ever I could, like all of us talked to her now.1913, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 16, in Laddie: A True Blue Story
- Unclear, muffled, or halting in speech.
- [N]ot only does Kerry have a flannel-mouthed inability to utter a simple sentence, but his orotundities also serve to reinforce the notion that the Senator from Massachusetts is a patrician stiff, too smug to speak in a manner decipherable by ordinary Americans.2004 February 22, Joe Klein, “Beware Flannel-Mouth Disease!”, in Time
Forms of flannelmouthed
| comparative | more flannelmouthed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most flannelmouthed |
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