English Explanatory Dictionary

mealy-mouthed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright.

Word forms

mealy-mouthed more mealy-mouthed most mealy-mouthed mealmouthed meal-mouthed mealymouthed

Etymology

Possibly from German Mehl im Maule behalten, via Martin Luther

Related words

mealmouth

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