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broad-faced, a.|ˈbrɔːdfeɪst|
1. Having a broad face.
1607W. N. Barley-Breake (1877) The broad-fac'd Owle. 1790Boswell Johnson (1811) III. 71 Loud obstreperous broad-faced mirth. 1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xv, A composed, broadfaced, straightforward old man.
†2. fig. Undisguised, open. Obs.
1643Myst. Iniq. 43 Such broadfaced iniquity, that no mask..would fit it. 1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide i. 12 Two broadfaced falsities. 1678B. R. Let. Pop. Friends 7 The Treason appears too broad-faced. |