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General Slang
Litso
/ˈlɪtsəʊ/ · noun · slang
Nadsat for the face, from the Russian 'litso'.
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Definitions
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Used in expressions of emotion, recognition, or violence, exactly where English would say 'face'.
“Her litso went white when she saw the britva.”
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One of several Nadsat body words (gulliver, rooker, litso) that lend the prose a strange, anatomical rhythm.
“He wiped the krovvy from his litso and smiled.”
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In Nadsat, the litso is the face. Source word: Russian 'litso' (лицо), literally 'face'.
“Alex describes the fear on the old veck's litso.”
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Litso In A Sentence
You should have viddied the look on his litso.
She slapped him hard across the litso.
His litso was the kind you do not forget.
Origin & Usage
Coined by Burgess in A Clockwork Orange (1962) from the Russian 'litso', 'face'. It belongs to the cluster of body-part terms Burgess drew from Russian to build Nadsat.
Variants
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People Also Ask
What does litso mean?
It is Nadsat for the face, from the Russian 'litso'.
Where did litso come from?
Anthony Burgess took it from the Russian word for face for his 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange.
What other Nadsat words name body parts?
Gulliver (head), rooker (hand), and litso (face) are among the most common.
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