Labrose

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Characterized by an exaggerated fullness in the lip area that gives the appearance of plumpness and prominence in the mouth region
2. Displaying lips that are unusually large and noticeable, giving the mouth a strikingly full appearance
3. Marked by lips that appear expanded or swollen, resulting in a distinctive facial feature

Etymology: "Labrose" describes a mouth or face with thick, full lips. It comes from Latin "labrosus," meaning "thick-lipped," which was formed from "labrum," the Latin word for "lip." The "-osus" ending is a common Latin suffix that turns a noun into an adjective meaning "full of" or "having much of" the thing named, so the word is literally "full of lips" in its Latin sense. The Latin "labrum" is also the root of several more familiar English words. Its lineage is shared with "labial," the term for sounds made with the lips, and "labium," the anatomical term for a lip-like fold. Because the same Latin stem produced both a bodily description and a term used in phonetics, the family of words spans everyday anatomy and the technical vocabulary of speech.