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Definition: DOUGH-FACED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Easily molded; pliable.[Websters]
2. Being weak-kneed or infirm. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dough-facedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dough-facedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dough-faced.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Dough-faced" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DOUGH-FACED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Easily molded; pliable.[Websters]
2. Being weak-kneed or infirm. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dough-facedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dough-facedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dough-faced.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DOUGH-FACED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)