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Etymology

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un- +‎ mouthable

Adjective

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unmouthable (comparative more unmouthable, superlative most unmouthable)

  1. (dated) unpronounceable
    • 1852, Proceedings of the ... Session of the American Pomological Congress, page 82:
      I hope the Congress will sanction some substitutes for the worst of the unmouthable foreign names. The pronunciation of these is so diverse, and generally so ludicrous and incomprehensible, []