Meanings (ES + gloss)
apostura
Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
Beauty, like all divine gifts, is everywhere to be seen by the eye of the faithful admirer of nature; and, like all spirits, she is scarcely to be described by words. Her countenan…
Gentlest Guardians marked serene / His early hope, his liberal mien; […]
gesto
A specific facial expression.
It’s hard to say which is worse: the press-on smiles favored by many a ballet dancer, or the stony “I’m going to pretend this isn’t happening to me” miens often found in contempora…
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