rictus

USAGE NOTE
The plural of “rictus” is “rictus” or “rictuses.”
rictus(
rihk
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tihs
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el rictus
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The store clerk's face seemed to be frozen into a rictus of false goodwill, inspiring dread rather than ease.El rostro del dependiente parecía estar fijo en un rictus de falsa buena voluntad que daba más miedo que tranquilidad.
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