wrymouth

[ rahy-mouth ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) wry·mouth, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) wry·mouths [rahy, -mou, th, z].

1. any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. any of several related fishes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrymouth¹

First recorded in 1645–55; wry + mouth

Example Sentences

"Oh, how do you do, dear Lady Wrymouth?"

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His fellow, the Wrymouth, seemed to have a care of you.

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If he had only heard of it from Tibble Wrymouth, he would have doubted, in spite of its power over him, but he had heard it from a man, wise, good, and high in place, like Dean Colet.

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