compursion

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kəmˈpɜːʒn̩/|/-ʃn̩/    美 /kəmˈpɜɹʒən/|/-ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pursing, as of the lips. humorous,rare
    — However, as he knew not what the true cause might turn out, he deemed it most prudent, in the situation he was in at present, to bear it, if possible, like a Stoic, which, with the help of some wry faces and compursions of the mouth, he had certainly accomplished, had his imagination continued neuter: […]

词形变化

compursions plural

词源

From com- (prefix meaning ‘together’) + purse (“to press (one’s lips) in and together so that they protrude”, verb) + -ion (suffix denoting an action or process, or condition or state).
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