compursionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kəmˈpɜːʒn̩/, /-ʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA: /kəmˈpɜɹʒən/, /-ʃən/
• Homophone: compersion
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən
• ハイフネーション: com‧purs‧ion

名詞

compursion (plural compursions)

1. (chiefly humorous, rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
   • 1761, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume IV, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC:

     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: […]

   • 2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, page 254:

     A compursion of the boy's face. "Does it mean something I don't understand?"

使用する際の注意点

Not to be confused with compersion (“vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person”).

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