risus sardonicus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of risus sardonicus
C17: New Latin, literally: sardonic laugh
Example Sentences
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The body was bent like a bow but the most unbearable of all was the drawn face and the awful semblance of laughter that has been fitly called risus sardonicus.
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
They seem, as it were, to know him, and to greet him with such risus sardonicus as they can muster.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
The angles of the mouth may be retracted, producing a grinning expression known as the risus sardonicus.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The absurdity in it was grim as the risus sardonicus.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
There was a man who knew hatred and the risus sardonicus!
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
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