mouth-filling

adjective

Long and difficult to pronounce.

Meanings

adjectivemouth-filling (comparative more mouth-filling, superlative most mouth-filling)

comparative more mouth-filling · superlative most mouth-filling

  1. informalLong and difficult to pronounce.

    And how many people can remember that the full name of the insecticide DDT is the mouth-filling dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane?

    2009, Lawrence Trask, Why Do Languages Change?
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APA

mouth-filling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouth-filling

MLA

“mouth-filling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouth-filling. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mouth-filling,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouth-filling.

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