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mouthsore en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English *mouthsor, *muthsar, from Old English mūþsār (“mouthsore”), equivalent to mouth + sore.

Meanings

1. A sore in or of the mouth.
   • Then there was Betty who was constantly in a fit when she invariably became speechless. Not to mention, Sally's mouthsore and the severe dog-bites suffered by Maria. 2008, Eddie Donoghue, Black Breeding Machines:
   • OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore. 1987, Kamoji K. Wachiira, Women's use of off-farm and boundary lands:

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