mouthable

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adjective

That may be taken into the mouth, especially in terms of objects in a house that an infant may suck on and which must therefore be free from toxic substances such as lead.

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Meanings

adjectivemouthable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat may be taken into the mouth, especially in terms of objects in a house that an infant may suck on and which must therefore be free from toxic substances such as lead.
  2. informalnot comparableFine-sounding, of spoken words.

    […] probably the most mouthable of the self-mocking wisecracks […]

    1975, The Listener, volume 94, page 281
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    […] while our poetry rollicked in mouthable lines that, like the face of Helen 'launched a thousand ships […]

    1950, Richard Church, Poems for speaking: an anthology with an essay on reading aloud

Origin

From mouth + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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