proflated

Updated: May 2, 2025

"How the lip works! How the bare teeth do grind! And beaded drops course down his writhen brow!" The dramatic effect of which passage we not only concede to the admirers of this tragedy, but acknowledge the further advantages of preparing the audience for the most surprising series of wry faces, proflated mouths, and lunatic gestures that were ever "launched" on an audience to "sear the sense."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Biographia Literaria