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compursions

compursions is the plural of compursion.

Meaning of compursion

Noun

compursion (plural compursions)

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

Questions about compursions

What is compursions the plural of?
Compursions is the plural of compursion.

Words near compursions in the dictionary

  1. compurgators
  2. compurgatory
  3. compurgatrices
  4. compurgatrix
  5. compursion
  6. compursions
  7. compusex
  8. compuspeak
  9. computabilities
  10. computability
  11. computability logic

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