口くち綺ぎ麗れい

na-adjective, noun

elegant speech; smooth-talking; high-sounding

Describes speech that is refined, polished, or superficially pleasant. Rare term; modern Japanese more often uses 口がうまい or 口先だけ.

• 彼かれの口くち綺麗ぎれいな説せつ明めいに、みんな騙だまされてしまった。

  Everyone was fooled by his smooth-talking explanation.

na-adjective, noun

not gluttonous; moderate in eating

Rare, possibly archaic sense referring to someone who is not greedy about food. The connection to the first sense is unclear; may be a separate homophonous word.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「口くち綺麗ぎれい」を「食しょくに淡たん泊ぱくなさま」と説せつ明めいすることがある。

  In old texts, 口綺麗 is sometimes explained as 'indifferent to food'.