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单词 wry-mouthed
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wry-mouthedadj.

Brit. /ˌrʌɪˈmaʊðd/, /ˌrʌɪˈmaʊθt/, U.S. /ˈraɪˌmaʊðd/, /ˈraɪˌmaʊθt/
Etymology: < wry adj. 1. Compare wry-mouth n.
1. Having a wry mouth.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adjective] > contorted > mouth or face
wry-mouthed1552
wry-faced1607
wry-mouth1652
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > types of
round-mouthed?1473
shevel?1507
tut-mouthed?a1513
wry-mouthed1552
pouch-mouth1565
plaice-moutha1569
out-lipped1570
pouch-mouthed?a1592
flap-mouthed1594
wide-mouthed1594
plaice-mouthed1595
big-mouthed1602
sparrow-mouthed1611
stretch-moutheda1616
splay-mouthed1647
wry-mouth1652
whale-mouthed1656
out-mouthed1698
spout-mouthed?1711
mickle-mouthed1720
sheveling-gabbit1725
mickle-mouth1863
tenible1871
primped1935
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wrye mouthed men, miriones.
1604 F. T. Case is Altered sig. C2v There was an old man..bleer-eied, wry-mouthed, botle nosed, lame-legged.
1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. ¶¶5v They..wrie-mouth'd Plaice..did eate.
a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeev/2 A pack of wry-mouth'd mackrell Ladies.
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 152 Looking a squint, wry mouth'd, wry neck'd.
1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 210 Buccina Recurvirostra,.. Wry-mouthed Whelks.
1870 D. G. Rossetti Guido Cavalcanti in Poems xxii That wry-mouthed minx.
figurative.1614 J. Taylor Nipping of Abuses sig. L4 The wri-mouth'd Crittick.1620 F. Quarles Jonah 1487 Daring Presumption, wry-mouth'd Derision, Damned Apostacie.
2. Marked or characterized by contortion of the mouth. Also transferred.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > grimacing with
wry-mouthed1624
mouthing1904
1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies iii. 21 What flout, what wry~mouth'd scoffe,..Hath scap'd the furie of my Foemans tongue To doe my simple Innocencie wrong?
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. v. 262 What soule would not be proud Of wry-mouth'd scornes?
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xiii. ccxxviii. 207 What wry-mouth'd play They us'd, their gentle Savior to flout.
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 125 Instructive work! whose wry-mouth'd portraiture Display'd the fates her confessors endure.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxviii. 264 Lifting up her rolling eyes,..with a wry-mouthed earnestness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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