mouthfilling
Collocations
2ADJ.
good
MOUTHFILLING + NOUN
leaue, oath
Definitions
adj
Impressive and/or grandiloquent.
Sweare me Kate like a ladie as thou art, / A good mouthfilling oath, and leaue in ſooth, / And ſuch proteſt of pepper ginger bread / To veluet gards, and Sunday Citizens.
When he had nearly missed—as of course he intended to do, thereby startling the reader—the mouth of the cavern, and when he had struck his flints viciously– which implies a hasty temper and is a mouthfilling word—and when the dry wood had spluttered, as if it were wet, and had crackled into a flame—just to show how dry it was—and when he had cast a nervous, furtive, dime-novel glance around and had cast his skins from his breast the mystery is displayed—a fearful, rough-hewn flint axe with dark brownish streaks, which is a very terrible suggestion, I say when he had done all this, his diminutive little red eyes gleamed with whole-souled satisfaction.
Flavorful
Quite mouthfilling, if not intense, good balance if not very long.
French oak-fermented and lees-stirred, it is mouthfilling and creamy-smooth, in a softly structured style with vibrant, grapefruit-like flavours and a touch of mealy, biscuity complexity.
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3Sweare me Kate like a ladie as thou art, / A good mouthfilling oath, and leaue in ſooth, / And ſuch proteſt of pepper ginger bread / To veluet gards, and Sunday Citizens.
WiktionaryWhen he had nearly missed—as of course he intended to do, thereby startling the reader—the mouth of the cavern, and when he had struck his flints viciously– which implies a hasty temper and is a mouth
WiktionaryBoston calls him “Tahft,” which is more of a mouthfilling name.
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