mealy-mouthed
Meaning
Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright.
Synonyms
Translations
αλευροειδής απαγγέλλω
hypocrite
huichelachtigEtymology
Possibly from German Mehl im Maule behalten, via Martin Luther
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