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- RICTUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
In Latin, rictus means "an open mouth"; it comes from the verb ringi, meaning "to open the mouth " Zoologists couldn't keep the word to themselves, though English speakers liked its sound too much, and they thought it would be good for referring to a gaping grin or grimace
- Rictus - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
A rictus is a frozen, fake smile If the star of a play finds herself overcome by stage fright, she might forget her lines and stand, trembling, her mouth twisted into a rictus
- RICTUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
RICTUS meaning: 1 an expression in which someone shows their teeth in a smile, but looks strange or in pain rather… Learn more
- Rictus - Wikipedia
Look up rictus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- rictus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun [edit] rictus (plural rictus or rictuses) A bird ’s gaping mouth The throat of a calyx Any open-mouthed expression quotations His face was a rictus of sheer delight
- RICTUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
His lips were frozen upward in a horrible rictus of a smile 2 meanings: 1 the gap or cleft of an open mouth or beak 2 a fixed or unnatural grin or grimace, as in horror or death Click for more definitions
- RICTUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Rictus definition: the gape of the mouth of a bird See examples of RICTUS used in a sentence
- rictus, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rictus, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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