compursion

1. (rare) A pursing, as of the lips.Examples: "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 and compursions of the mouth, he had certainly accomplished, had his imagination continued neuter: […]"; "A compursion of the boy's face. "Does it mean something I don't understand?""rare