Talk:open-mouthed

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open-mouthed

• (obsolete) Talkative, speaking freely.
  • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter I, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:

    and so they loued to gyder more hotter than they did to fore hand / and had suche preuy draughtes to gyder that many in the Courte spak of hit / and in especial sir Agrauayne/ sir Gawayns broder / for he was euer open mouthed / So bifel that syre Launcelot had many resortes of ladyes and damoysels that dayly resorted vnto hym / that besoughte hym to be their champyon

    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Removed / moved to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Definitely exists in modern English. This, that and the other (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Here's a clear use: [1]

And I think these are uses: [2] [3] but I'm not putting in the entry as I'm not entirely sure. This, that and the other (talk) 09:17, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Cited with some clearer cites, one grabbed from copyright-free NED. This, that and the other (talk) 10:05, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 00:33, 11 March 2022 (UTC)