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openmouthed

openmouthed is the alternative form of open-mouthed.

Meaning of open-mouthed

Adjective

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

  1. (literally) With the mouth open.
    Synonyms:
    catching flies
  2. Gaping in surprise, wonder or astonishment.
  3. (obsolete) Talkative; eager to speak.
    • Againe, what is it that makes men to be open mouthed, in decla∣ring and censuring our faults[…]?1606, William Perkins, The whole treatise of the cases of conscience […] , page 624

Forms of openmouthed

comparativemore openmouthed
superlativemost openmouthed

Questions about openmouthed

What is openmouthed the alternative form of?
Openmouthed is the alternative form of open-mouthed.

Words near openmouthed in the dictionary

  1. openings
  2. openly
  3. openminded
  4. openmindedly
  5. openmindedness
  6. openmouthed
  7. openmouthedly
  8. openmouthedness
  9. openness
  10. opennesses
  11. openning

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