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valgium

valgium [LL, cf. CL valgiter = with lips pushed outwards], (act or state of) curling up or pushing the lips outward (as sign of scorn or derision). etiam dicimus ~ia, i. labiorum obtorsiones, sicut facimus cum aliquem deridemus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 627; tu mihi responsionis loco contraccionem narium et distorte bucce reddis ~ium Hist. Meriadoci 372; 1263 sua jura contorto ~io subsannantes (Expulsio fratrum) Mem. S. Edm. II 263; bleryng or mowyng with the mowth, ~ia, -e PP; mow, or scorne, vangia, -ie, vel ~ia, -ie PP.

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