A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1653
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]
Mouthit, Mowtheit, Mouthed, a. [ME. (14th c.) and e.m.E. mouthed, mowthed, f. Mouth n.] Having a mouth of a specified kind. Black-mouthed, ill-spoken, evil-tongued (Mouth n. 3). (See also Quhyte-, Wyde-mouthit, and thronne-mouthed, s.v. Thraw(i)n adj. 2 b.) — 1653 Binning Wks. 452.
There are some godless people so black-mouthed as to speak against heaven when God correcteth them
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Mouthit adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/mouthit>
