different between rictal vs rictus

English

Adjective

rictal (comparative more rictal, superlative most rictal)

1. Possessing the qualities of a rictus.
   • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Forty-four, p. 413,^[1]

     Her head, wrenched back, was baring its teeth in a rictal gape.

Anagrams

• citral, clairt, clitar

English

Etymology

From Latin rictus, participle of ringor (“open the mouth wide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k.t?s/, /???k.t?s/

Noun

rictus (plural rictus or rictuses)

1. A bird's gaping mouth.
2. The throat of a calyx.
3. Any open-mouthed expression.

Derived terms

• rictal

Translations

Anagrams

• Citrus, Curtis, Turcis, citrus, rustic

Catalan

Noun

rictus m (plural rictus)

1. rictus

French

Etymology

From Latin rictus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ik.tys/

Noun

rictus m (plural rictus)

1. rictus; grimace

Latin

Etymology

From ringor (“I gape, show my teeth, snarl; I am vexed”) +? -tus (action noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?rik.tus/, [?r?kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rik.tus/, [?rikt?us]

Noun

rictus m (genitive rict?s); fourth declension

1. the gaping of a mouth, as when laughing or yawning

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: rictus
• French: rictus
• Portuguese: ricto
• Spanish: rictus

Anagrams

• citrus

References

• rictus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rictus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rictus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rictus, from Latin rictus.

Noun

rictus n (plural rictusuri)

1. rictus

Declension

Spanish

Noun

rictus m (plural rictus)

1. sneer; wince