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(in a positive sense) Having a sweet and smooth voice; eloquent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 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, and Golden-mouthed Men, I finde my selfe oftentimes, more affected, with the very Citation, and Application of some sentence of Scripture, in the middest or end of one of their Sermons, then with any witty, or forcible passage of their owne.
Meaning relationships
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(in a negative sense) Indirect, delivering a message in a way that will make it seem more pleasant to the hearer(s); seductive, persuasive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 1858, George Eliot, “Janet’s Repentance” in Scenes of Clerical Life, London: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Chapter 7, p. 151, “ [...] Tryan’s sermons [...] [are] not at all what I expected—dull, stupid things—nothing of the roaring fire-and-brimstone sort that I expected.” “Roaring? No; Tryan’s as soft as a sucking dove—one of your honey-mouthed hypocrites.”
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
сладкодумен
(sladkodumen)
— eloquent
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Russian:
медоточи́вый
(medotočívyj)
— eloquent
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Russian:
сладкоречи́вый
(sladkorečívyj)
— eloquent
