ric|tus

ric|tus
ric|tus «RIHK tuhs», noun.
1. the cleft of the open mouth; gape.
2. an open mouth, as in a grin: »

the teeth disclosed in a perpetual rictus (Robert Louis Stevenson).

[< Latin rictus, -ūs a mouth opened wide, for laughter or food < ringī to gape]

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