facial
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈfeɪ.ʃəl//
Of or affecting the face.
adjective
- 1
Of or affecting the face.
- 2
Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
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(of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
Discipline is a form of counter-law, of dissymmetry and inequality, that operates under the discourse of juridical power to make possible the stated or facial claims of equality and rights characteristic of the French Revolution.
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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
noun
- 1
A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
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A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […]
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slang(in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
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slangA sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.
For the piece she spoke to two women who said they enjoy facials, and who described the act as ‘the mark of a job well done’ and ‘really hot’. But Reid concludes that she herself finds facials deeply unpleasant.
Forms
- plural
- facials