Today's Word "rictus"
Published in Vocabulary
rictus \RIK-tuhs\ (noun) - 1 : The gape of the mouth, as of birds. 2 : A gaping grin or grimace.
"Nathan's mouth contorted in a rictus of terror as he watched the thing from the swamp shamble slowly towards him."
Rictus is from Latin rictus, "the open mouth," from ringi, "to show the teeth."
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