twifaced
twifaced adjective: having two faces.
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 - “E'en so, Æneas, do I swear by Stars, and Sea, and Earth,
By twi-faced Janus, and the twins Latona brought to birth, […]1876, Publius Vergilius Maro, The Æneids of Virgil, done into English verse by W. Morris, page 353
- 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 twifaced
| comparative | more twifaced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most twifaced |
| alternative form | twi-faced |
| alternative form (obsolete) | twyfaced |
Origin of twifaced
From twi- + faced.
Questions about twifaced
- What does twifaced mean?
- Twifaced means having two faces.
- What part of speech is twifaced?
- Twifaced is an adjective.
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