Rictus (noun)
rik-tus
A fixed grimace or grin.
Early 19th century: from Latin, literally ‘open mouth’, from rict- ‘gaped’, from the verb ringi.
Example sentences
“They stood, faces frozen in rictus through sheer terror.”
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