honey-mouthed
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honey-mouthed
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adjective more honey-mouthed · most honey-mouthed
- (in a positive sense) Having a sweet and smooth voice; eloquent. 1627, John Donne, Fifty Sermons, London: M.F., J. Marriot & R. Royston, 1649, Volume 2, Sermon 42, p. 386, Truely, when I reade a Sermon of Chrysostome, or of Chrysologus, or of Ambrose, Men, who carry in the very signification of their Names, and in their Histories, the attributes of Hony mouthed,
- (in a negative sense) Indirect, delivering a message in a way that will make it seem more pleasant to the hearer(s); seductive, persuasive. Now to thintent thou mayest playnly beholde and Iudge rightly of these hony mouthed false feynyng flatterours and auncient enemyes of Christes religion the better and more readily […]
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adj eloquent
| Русский | медоточи́вый medotočívyj, сладкоречи́вый sladkorečívyj |
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