Meaning
A narrow, tiny mouth, prized as a mark of delicate beauty.
Literally: narrow mouth
Usage & notes
The minutely small mouth, almost a nothing, is so celebrated that poets debate whether it exists at all, a hyperbole of the beloved's fineness.
A narrow, tiny mouth, prized as a mark of delicate beauty.
Literally: narrow mouth
The minutely small mouth, almost a nothing, is so celebrated that poets debate whether it exists at all, a hyperbole of the beloved's fineness.