fair-facedadj.

Brit.

/ˌfɛːˈfeɪst/, U.S.

/ˈfɛrˈˌfeɪst/

Forms: see fair adj. and n.¹ and faced adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fair adj., faced adj.¹

Etymology: < fair adj. + faced adj.¹

1. Of a person. (a) Having a beautiful or attractive face; beautiful, good-looking. (b) Having a fair or light-coloured complexion.Now usually with reference to complexion, although in many examples either (or both) of the senses may be intended.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] > specifically of persons > of face

goodOE

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

full of face1609

beautiful-faced1688

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > whiteness or fairness > [adjective]

whiteOE

fairc1175

whitelya1387

blonde1481

whitelewe1495

fair-faced1553

buttermilk1606

lilied1614

white-skin1634

light-complexioned1770

leucous1842

blondine1867

blonde-complexioned1881

leucodermic1926

blondish1961

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]

flatc1400

hardc1400

low-cheeredc1400

large?a1425

ruscledc1440

well-visagedc1440

platter-faced1533

well-faced1534

full-faced1543

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

crab-faced1563

crab-snouted1563

crab-tree-faced1563

long-visaged1584

owlya1586

wainscot-faced1588

flaberkin1592

rough-hewn1593

angel-faced1594

round-faced1594

crab-favoured1596

rugged1596

weasel-faced1596

rough-faced1598

half-faced1600

chitty1601

lenten-faced1604

broad-faced1607

dog-faced1607

weaselled-faced1607

wry-faced1607

maid-faced1610

warp-faced1611

ill-faceda1616

lean-faceda1616

old-faceda1616

moon-faced1619

monkey-faced1620

chitty-face1622

chitty-faceda1627

lean-chapt1629

antic-faced1635

bloat-faced1638

bacon-facea1640

blue-faced1640

hatchet-faced1648

grave1650

lean-jawed1679

smock-faced1684

lean-visaged1686

flaber1687

baby-faced1692

splatter-faced1707

chubby1722

puggy1722

block-faced1751

haggard-looking1756

long-faced1762

haggardly1763

fresh-faced1766

dough-faced1773

pudding-faced1777

baby-featured1780

fat-faced1782

haggard1787

weazen-face1794

keen1798

ferret-like1801

lean-cheeked1812

mulberry-faced1812

open-faced1813

open-countenanced1819

chiselled1821

hatchety1821

misfeatured1822

terse1824

weazen-faced1824

mahogany-faced1825

clock-faced1827

sharp1832

sensual1833

beef-faced1838

weaselly1838

ferret-faced1840

sensuous1843

rat-faced1844

recedent1849

neat-faced1850

cherubimical1854

pinch-faced1859

cherubic1860

frownya1861

receding1866

weak1882

misfeaturing1885

platopic1885

platyopic1885

pro-opic1885

wind-splitting1890

falcon-face1891

blunt-featured1916

bun-faced1927

fish-faced1963

1553 T. Paynell tr. Dares Faythfull & True Storye Destr. Troye f. 17^v Their heere was somwhat yelowe, great eyes, fayre faced and cleaue.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 68 Here is the babe as loathsome as a toade, Amongst the fairefast [1623 fairest] breeders of our clime.

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 56 The beauteous fair-fac'd Bride.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2512/4 He is a low well set Man, fair faced.

1720 C. Molloy Half-pay Officers i. i. 13 I love to encounter..a smooth Fair-fac'd Enemy.

1795 H. Summersett Fate of Sedley I. 130 A fair-faced son of an Eastern Sultan.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 26 A..merry boy..fair-faced, bright-eyed, and curly-haired.

1864 J. Forster Life Sir J. Eliot I. 28 The fair-faced fiend..had received her sentence on the previous day.

1891 World (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 13/2 The fair-faced and light-haired American woman of to-day is rather a product of the villages and the country than of the Eastern cities.

1911 Boys' Life Mar. 7/2 He was a plump, fair-faced man.

1998 Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald (Nexis) 15 June 32 A fair-faced, red-haired and freckled lad of 11.

2. More generally: of pleasant or attractive appearance. Also: ostensibly pleasant or attractive, specious. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > seeming or apparent > specious

fair-seeming1561

fair-faced1601

fucal1619

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance > appearing pleasant

smoothc1400

sugared1426

honeyed1435

sugary1591

fair-faced1601

buttered1605

sugar-candied1623

slid1719

smoothie1959

1601 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (rev. ed.) 114 The fair-faced shewes of the worlde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 418 I shall shew you peace, and faire-fac'd league.

1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer ii. i. 25 'Tis such a pleasure, to angle for fair-faced Fools!

1747 C. Cibber Char. & Conduct Cicero 17 The Charms of Absolute Power must..abate a great deal of that Reason and Odium which (notwithstanding its utmost fair-fac'd Lenity) ought to be thrown upon it.

1770 F. Gentleman Dramatic Censor II. 77 The Queen entering with Posthumus and Imogen makes fair-faced professions of friendship to the young pair.

1820 C. E. Walker Wallace i. ii. 15 Mean time, fair faced hypocrisy, do thou Assist my purpose.

1890 J. S. Blackie Song of Heroes 158 A fair-faced lie might fail him.

1905 H. R. Haggard Ayesha iii. 58 You seek to add a fair-faced evil to your lives.

3. Building. Of brickwork, stonework, concrete, etc.: having a smooth, even surface left unplastered or exposed. Cf. fair-face adj. at fair adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [adjective] > covered with > not

undaubed1648

unplastered1648

fair-faced1834

fair-face1861

plasterless1866

1834 E. L. Blackburne Archit. & Hist. Acct. Crosby Place 36 The passage-walls are fair-faced and square-jointed.

1948 Archit. Rev. 104 132 (caption) The walls are of fair-faced brickwork, distempered.

1970 Interior Design Dec. 775/1 An industrial standard of finish has been adopted with fair-faced brick partitions, exposed concrete, and granolithic floor.

2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 16/3 The new fair-faced concrete surfaces that abut the exposed fabric are exquisitely well finished.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fair-faced
释义	fair-facedadj. Brit. /ˌfɛːˈfeɪst/, U.S. /ˈfɛrˈˌfeɪst/ Forms: see fair adj. and n.¹ and faced adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fair adj., faced adj.¹ Etymology: < fair adj. + faced adj.¹ 1. Of a person. (a) Having a beautiful or attractive face; beautiful, good-looking. (b) Having a fair or light-coloured complexion.Now usually with reference to complexion, although in many examples either (or both) of the senses may be intended. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] > specifically of persons > of face goodOE fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 full of face1609 beautiful-faced1688 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > whiteness or fairness > [adjective] whiteOE fairc1175 whitelya1387 blonde1481 whitelewe1495 fair-faced1553 buttermilk1606 lilied1614 white-skin1634 light-complexioned1770 leucous1842 blondine1867 blonde-complexioned1881 leucodermic1926 blondish1961 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1553 T. Paynell tr. Dares Faythfull & True Storye Destr. Troye f. 17^v Their heere was somwhat yelowe, great eyes, fayre faced and cleaue. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 68 Here is the babe as loathsome as a toade, Amongst the fairefast [1623 fairest] breeders of our clime. View more context for this quotation 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 56 The beauteous fair-fac'd Bride. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2512/4 He is a low well set Man, fair faced. 1720 C. Molloy Half-pay Officers i. i. 13 I love to encounter..a smooth Fair-fac'd Enemy. 1795 H. Summersett Fate of Sedley I. 130 A fair-faced son of an Eastern Sultan. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 26 A..merry boy..fair-faced, bright-eyed, and curly-haired. 1864 J. Forster Life Sir J. Eliot I. 28 The fair-faced fiend..had received her sentence on the previous day. 1891 World (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 13/2 The fair-faced and light-haired American woman of to-day is rather a product of the villages and the country than of the Eastern cities. 1911 Boys' Life Mar. 7/2 He was a plump, fair-faced man. 1998 Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald (Nexis) 15 June 32 A fair-faced, red-haired and freckled lad of 11. 2. More generally: of pleasant or attractive appearance. Also: ostensibly pleasant or attractive, specious. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > seeming or apparent > specious fair-seeming1561 fair-faced1601 fucal1619 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance > appearing pleasant smoothc1400 sugared1426 honeyed1435 sugary1591 fair-faced1601 buttered1605 sugar-candied1623 slid1719 smoothie1959 1601 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (rev. ed.) 114 The fair-faced shewes of the worlde. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 418 I shall shew you peace, and faire-fac'd league. View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer ii. i. 25 'Tis such a pleasure, to angle for fair-faced Fools! 1747 C. Cibber Char. & Conduct Cicero 17 The Charms of Absolute Power must..abate a great deal of that Reason and Odium which (notwithstanding its utmost fair-fac'd Lenity) ought to be thrown upon it. 1770 F. Gentleman Dramatic Censor II. 77 The Queen entering with Posthumus and Imogen makes fair-faced professions of friendship to the young pair. 1820 C. E. Walker Wallace i. ii. 15 Mean time, fair faced hypocrisy, do thou Assist my purpose. 1890 J. S. Blackie Song of Heroes 158 A fair-faced lie might fail him. 1905 H. R. Haggard Ayesha iii. 58 You seek to add a fair-faced evil to your lives. 3. Building. Of brickwork, stonework, concrete, etc.: having a smooth, even surface left unplastered or exposed. Cf. fair-face adj. at fair adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [adjective] > covered with > not undaubed1648 unplastered1648 fair-faced1834 fair-face1861 plasterless1866 1834 E. L. Blackburne Archit. & Hist. Acct. Crosby Place 36 The passage-walls are fair-faced and square-jointed. 1948 Archit. Rev. 104 132 (caption) The walls are of fair-faced brickwork, distempered. 1970 Interior Design Dec. 775/1 An industrial standard of finish has been adopted with fair-faced brick partitions, exposed concrete, and granolithic floor. 2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 16/3 The new fair-faced concrete surfaces that abut the exposed fabric are exquisitely well finished. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1553
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