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half-faced

half-faced adjective: showing only part of the face; wretched-looking.

Adjective

half-faced (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Showing only part of the face; wretched-looking.
    • But out vpon this halfe-fac'd Fellowship.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about half-faced

What does half-faced mean?
Half-faced means showing only part of the face; wretched-looking.
What part of speech is half-faced?
Half-faced is an adjective.

Words near half-faced in the dictionary

  1. half-evergreens
  2. half-expect
  3. half-expected
  4. half-expecting
  5. half-expects
  6. half-faced
  7. half-filled
  8. half-finished
  9. half-first cousin
  10. half-first cousins
  11. half-forgotten

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