apout
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English[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
apout (not comparable)
- (especially of the lips or mouth) Protruding to form a pout.
- 1892, Francis Thompson, “The Poppy” in Wilfrid Meynell (ed.), The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets, London: The Leadenhall Press, p. 186,[1]
- With mouth wide a-pout for a sultry kiss
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses[2], London: The Egoist Press, page 261:
- Richie cocked his lips apout.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 33, in Earthly Powers[3], Penguin, published 1981, page 226:
- The bellydancer oozed towards our table, her cuplike navel apout.
- 1892, Francis Thompson, “The Poppy” in Wilfrid Meynell (ed.), The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets, London: The Leadenhall Press, p. 186,[1]
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apout