tear-mouth en · ADJ
Etymology
From tear + mouth.
Meanings
- (obsolete) Vociferous.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more tear-mouth | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most tear-mouth | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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tear-mouth en · NOUN
Etymology
From tear + mouth.
Meanings
- (obsolete) A blustering, boisterous person.
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(obsolete) An overactor.
How would you, or how do you think I should, relish being the object of such a letter as Kean wrote t'other day to a poor author, who, though a pedantic blockhead, had at least the right to be treated as a gentleman by a copper-laced two-penny tearmouth, rendered mad by conceit and success?
1819 April 14, Sir Walter Scott, [Letter to Robert Southey]:You grow rich, do you, and purchase, you twopenny tear-mouth?
1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster, act 3, scene 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tear-mouths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |