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unmouthable

unmouthable adjective: unpronounceable.

Adjective

unmouthable (comparative more unmouthable, superlative most unmouthable)

  1. (dated) unpronounceable
    • I hope the Congress will sanction some substitutes for the worst of the unmouthable foreign names. The pronunciation of these is so diverse, and generally so ludicrous and incomprehensible, […]1852, Proceedings of the ... Session of the American Pomological Congress, page 82

Forms of unmouthable

comparativemore unmouthable
superlativemost unmouthable

Origin of unmouthable

From un- + mouthable.

Questions about unmouthable

What does unmouthable mean?
Unmouthable means unpronounceable.
What part of speech is unmouthable?
Unmouthable is an adjective.

Words near unmouthable in the dictionary

  1. unmourned
  2. unmournful
  3. unmourning
  4. unmoustached
  5. unmouth
  6. unmouthable
  7. unmouthed
  8. unmouthing
  9. unmouths
  10. unmovability
  11. unmovable

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