faced
verbadjectiveadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //feɪst//
Having a specified type or number of faces.
verb
- 1
Also a form of facesimple past and past participle of face
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English -ed English faced From face + -ed.
adjective
- 1
Having a specified type or number of faces.
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! / Where got'st thou that goose look?
O tan-faced prairie-boy, / […] / You came, taciturn, with nothing to give—we but look'd on each other, / When lo! more than all the gifts of the world you gave me.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye / Who cheer when soldier lads march by, / Sneak home and pray you'll never know / The hell where youth and laughter go.
Even the streets leading up to its outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in black uniforms, armed with jointed truncheons.
- 2
Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.
The cuffs were faced with velvet.
- 3
With a specific kind of face.
stony-faced
adjective
- 1
slangdrunk
That night was the first time I ever got faced.
Etymology
Abbreviation of shit-faced.
Forms
- comparative
- more faced
- superlative
- most faced
faced · Having a specified type or number of faces.
facial · Of or affecting the face.facilities · Synonym of facility in certain contexts.facility · The physical means or contrivances to make something…