dead·pan 
(dĕdpăn′)
(dĕdpăn′)n.
1. A blank, expressionless face.
2. A person, especially a performer, who has or assumes a blank expression.
adj.
Impassively matter-of-fact, as in style, behavior, or expression: deadpan delivery of the joke.
adv.
With a blank, expressionless face.
v. dead·panned, dead·pan·ning, dead·pans
v. tr.
To express in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.
v. intr.
To express oneself in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.
[DEAD + PAN, the face.]
- Indo-European root: meigh-
- Indo-European root: meik-
- Indo-European root: mei-no-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: melg-
- Indo-European root: melit-
- Indo-European root: melə-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: mendh-
- Indo-European root: menegh-
- Indo-European root: mer-
- Indo-European root: merg-
- Indo-European root: meuə-
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