mouthsore

English

Alternative forms

• mouth sore

Etymology

From Middle English *mouthsor, *muthsar, from Old English mūþsār (“mouthsore”), equivalent to mouth +‎ sore.

Noun

mouthsore (plural mouthsores)

1. A sore in or of the mouth.
   • 1987, Kamoji K. Wachiira, Women's use of off-farm and boundary lands:

     OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore.

   • 2008, Eddie Donoghue, Black Breeding Machines:

     Then there was Betty who was constantly in a fit when she invariably became speechless. Not to mention, Sally's mouthsore and the severe dog-bites suffered by Maria.

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