twi-faced
twi-faced is the alternative form of twifaced.
Meaning of twifaced
Adjective
twifaced (comparative more twifaced, superlative most twifaced)
- Having two faces.
- These two of whom I tell, from their first hours.
Or, like a twi-faced urn, which doth outflow With the same spring, […]1860, B. P., Alice: and other poems, by B.P., page 2
- These two of whom I tell, from their first hours.
- Two-faced; deceitful.
- There is no time to measure motion by, There time is swallowed in eternity: Wry-mouth'd disdain, and corner-hunting lust, And twy-fac'd fraud, [...]1861, Francis Quarles, Quarles' emblems
Forms of twi-faced
| comparative | more twi-faced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most twi-faced |
Origin of twi-faced
From twi- + face + -ed.
Questions about twi-faced
- What is twi-faced the alternative form of?
- Twi-faced is the alternative form of twifaced.
Words near twi-faced in the dictionary
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