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compursion

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Etymology

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Fromcom-(prefix meaning ‘together’) +‎purse(“to press (one’s lips) in and together so that they protrude”,verb) +‎-ion(suffix denoting an action or process, or condition or state).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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compursion (pluralcompursions)

  1. (chiefly humorous, rare) Apursing, as of thelips.
    • 1761, [Laurence Sterne],The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume IV, London: […] R[obert] andJ[ames] Dodsley […],→OCLC:
      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 andcompursions of the mouth, he had certainly accomplished, had his imagination continued neuter:[…]
    • 2001, Jamie O'Neill,At Swim, Two Boys, page254:
      Acompursion of the boy's face. "Does it mean something I don't understand?"

Usage notes

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Not to be confused withcompersion(“vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person”).

References

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  1. ^Compare“compursion,n.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press,July 2023;“compursion,n.”, inCollins English Dictionary.
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