compursionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

compursion (複数形 compursions)

1. (まれに) A pursing, as of the lips.
   • 1759-1767, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a Gentleman

     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?"