death's facen.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθs feɪs/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθs ˌfeɪs/

Forms: 1500s deaths face, 1800s– death's face.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., face n.

Etymology: < the genitive of death n. + face n. Compare earlier death's head n.

Somewhat rare.

= death's head n.; (also) a person's face which resembles a skull or a death mask.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized

dead man's head1546

death's head1563

death-head1569

billow1592

death's face1598

scythe1609

caput mortuum1694

thigh-bone1825

skull1826

Kensal Green1842

calavera1904

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 606 A deaths face in a Ring.

1802 S. A. Hook Celina III. ii. 59 Your dress must be black and white striped, and your mask a death's face.

1867 Helvington v. xiii. 183 His face was a death's face, White, stern as in defiance of the doom The demon of the storm impelled him to.

2001 R. Ford Multitude of Sins (2003) 213 His solemn expression..stayed on his handsome face. Not a death's face at all, but one that wanted to signify something different. An invitation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deaths face
释义	death's facen. Brit. /ˈdɛθs feɪs/, U.S. /ˈdɛθs ˌfeɪs/ Forms: 1500s deaths face, 1800s– death's face. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., face n. Etymology: < the genitive of death n. + face n. Compare earlier death's head n. Somewhat rare. = death's head n.; (also) a person's face which resembles a skull or a death mask. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized dead man's head1546 death's head1563 death-head1569 billow1592 death's face1598 scythe1609 caput mortuum1694 thigh-bone1825 skull1826 Kensal Green1842 calavera1904 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 606 A deaths face in a Ring. View more context for this quotation 1802 S. A. Hook Celina III. ii. 59 Your dress must be black and white striped, and your mask a death's face. 1867 Helvington v. xiii. 183 His face was a death's face, White, stern as in defiance of the doom The demon of the storm impelled him to. 2001 R. Ford Multitude of Sins (2003) 213 His solemn expression..stayed on his handsome face. Not a death's face at all, but one that wanted to signify something different. An invitation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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