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rictus
[ rik-tuhs ]
noun
- the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- the gaping or opening of the mouth.
rictus
/ ˈrɪktəs /
noun
- the gap or cleft of an open mouth or beak
- a fixed or unnatural grin or grimace, as in horror or death
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Derived Forms
- ˈrictal, adjective
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Other Words From
- rictal adjective
- sub·rictal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rictus1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rictus1
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Example Sentences
The lovely lips twisted into a rictus sneer, frightening on that smooth young face, until she got them under control.
Then his mouth twisted in a rictus of dreadful mirth, so wrung was he with pain, yet so overcome by what he had seen.
Vargus grinned suddenly, a momentary rictus that came and went, utterly horrible.
Rictus ampli, ad mandibul superioris basin vibrissis rigidis armati.
He lay back on the pillows again, with a smile that was twisted into a rictus of agony as a twinge wrung the injured limb.
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