dentiloquist
Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.
This word comes from the Latin ‘dentis,’ tooth, and ‘loqui,’ speak.
Examples
“To add to my mumbling complaint, (for, you must know, I have been quite a dentiloquist,) I have an only sister on a visit to me, who has been alarmingly ill for some time.”
