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Where does “mealy-mouthed” come from?

mealy-mouthed (English) comes from German Mehl im Maule behalten.

mealy-mouthed (English): prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or...

Definitions

  1. prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or...

Ancestry of “mealy-mouthed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMehl im Maule behalten—

Words derived from “mealy-mouthed”

  • mealymouthed
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