bemouth

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verb

To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.

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Meanings

verbbemouth (third-person singular simple present bemouths, present participle bemouthing, simple past and past participle bemouthed)

present singular third person bemouths · participle present bemouthing · participle past bemouthed · past bemouthed

  1. transitiveTo mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
  2. transitiveTo place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.

    All made of Flanders cloth, And now bemouthed of many a moth […]

    1879, Theodore Tilton, The Complete Poetical Works of Theodore Tilton in One Volume
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    Entering the hotel they tossed off a glass of wine apiece, bemouthed a cigar, and directed the landlord to provide the best game supper in his power.

    1841, Miss M. Corbett, The New Happy Week, page 161

Origin

From be- + mouth.

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APA

bemouth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemouth

MLA

“bemouth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemouth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bemouth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemouth.

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