mouthfilling
mouthfilling adjective: impressive and/or grandiloquent.
Adjective
mouthfilling (comparative more mouthfilling, superlative most mouthfilling)
- Impressive and/or grandiloquent.
- Sweare me Kate like a ladie as thou art, / A good mouthfilling oath, and leaue in ſooth, / And ſuch proteſt of pepper ginger bread / To veluet gards, and Sunday Citizens.c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]...
- When he had nearly missed—as of course he intended to do, thereby startling the reader—the mouth of the cavern, and when he had struck his flints viciously– which implies a hasty temper and is a mouthfilling word—and when the dry wood had spluttered, as if it were wet, and had crackled into a...1902, George Mather Richards, “Nemesis”, in The Guilelmensian, Williamstown, Mass.: […] [T]he Junior Class of Williams College, page 286
- Flavorful
- Quite mouthfilling, if not intense, good balance if not very long.1990, Steven Spurrier, Michel Dovaz, Académie du Vin Wine Course: The Complete Course in Wine Appreciation, Tasting and Study of the Paris Académie du Vin, London: Mitchell Beazley in association...
- French oak-fermented and lees-stirred, it is mouthfilling and creamy-smooth, in a softly structured style with vibrant, grapefruit-like flavours and a touch of mealy, biscuity complexity.2007, Michael Cooper, Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines 2008, Auckland: Hodder Moa, →ISBN, page 57
Examples of mouthfilling in a sentence
- Boston calls him “Tahft,” which is more of a mouthfilling name.1909 May 18, The Atlanta Constitution, volume XLI, number 337, Atlanta, Ga., page 6, column 1:
- “Decadent” is a mouthfilling word which means that the democracies have grown senile, their vigor and strength are falling into ruin and decay.1940 October 19, “‘Decadent’ Democracies ‘Barring Progress’”, in Army Times: National Weekly Newspaper For The United States Army, volume...
Forms of mouthfilling
| comparative | more mouthfilling |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mouthfilling |
Origin of mouthfilling
From mouth + filling.
Questions about mouthfilling
- What does mouthfilling mean?
- Mouthfilling means impressive and/or grandiloquent.
- How do you use mouthfilling in a sentence?
- Boston calls him “Tahft,” which is more of a mouthfilling name.
- What part of speech is mouthfilling?
- Mouthfilling is an adjective.
Words near mouthfilling in the dictionary
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