bucculent

English

Etymology

From Latin bucculentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌkjələnt/

Adjective

bucculent (comparative more bucculent, superlative most bucculent)

1. (obsolete, rare) Possessing a wide mouth.
   • 1823, The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, page 276:

     […] and instead of the Amazonian Trull, or the weather-beaten Admiral which frowns from under the bowsprit of a British man-of-war, they carve on their prows the fair image of some bucculent Cherub, or some semi-anatomized Saint.