Definitions
a gaping grimace
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin rictus.
Used in a sentence
“His face was a rictus of sheer delight.”
“Amid a thick, bristling beard, a nose like an owl's beak and a mouth whose corners were drawn by a wild-beast-like rictus were just discernible.”
“A rictus of cruel malignity lit up greyly their old bony faces.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fixed open-mouthed grin”6 letters
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