| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb half-facedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (half-facedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective half-faced.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HALF-FACED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HALF-FACED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Showing only part of the face. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HALF-FACED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Half-faced Groat | Literature | 1: "Thou half-faced groat! You thick-cheeked chitty-face!" 2: (You). You worthless fellow. The debased groats issued in the reign of Henry VIII. had the king's head in profile, but those in the reign of Henry VII. had the king's head with the full face. (See King John, i. 1; and 2 Henry IV., iii. 1.) 3: Munday: The Downfal of Robert, Earle of Huntingdon (1601). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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