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From com- (prefix meaning ‘together’) + purse (“to press (one’s lips) in and together so that they protrude”, verb) + -ion (suffix denoting an action or process, or condition or state).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A pursing, as of the lips. Full definition →
From com- (prefix meaning ‘together’) + purse (“to press (one’s lips) in and together so that they protrude”, verb) + -ion (suffix denoting an action or process, or condition or state).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.