dentiloquist
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.
Examples
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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.
Note
This word comes from the Latin ‘dentis,’ tooth, and ‘loqui,’ speak.
