facetedadj.
/ˈfasᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfæsədəd/ 1.
a. Having facets; (of a gem) cut into facets. Cf. many-faceted adj. at many adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1a(a) and multifaceted adj. 1.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [adjective] > cut into facets
faucet-cut1712
faceted1874
1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 199 In form of concentrick balls, with a facetted surface.
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 203 False analogies,..such as..the falling of a facetted spheroid from one facet to another, hardly deserve consideration.
1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 140 Amethyst..cushion-cut face; facetted back.
1890 Daily News 27 Jan. 3/1 It's power is enormously multiplied by the facetted lens.
1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. iii. 147 Faceted gems have been cut from transparent crystals of this distinctive yellowish-green shade.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 517/1 A peculiar type of faceted, crystal-shaped stalactite is found in Turkey.
1976 S. Judson et al. Physical Geol. xv. 361/2 This sand blast produces characteristically facetted, grooved, and polished pebbles.
2003 Budget Living Apr.–May 53/1 [The] tumblers have the fussy look of faceted crystal and the brute strength of shatterproof acrylic.
b. figurative. Having a number of aspects, sides, or qualities; resembling an object which has been cut into facets. Frequently with preceding modifying word. Cf. multifaceted adj. 2.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > many-sided or having parts
many-headed1537
many-sided1570
fertile-headed1632
versatile1656
multilateral1784
multilineala1800
polycephalic1850
multipolar1855
faceted1862
multicentral1864
arborescent1867
multisegmented1879
multisegmentate1880
multilinear1886
polycentric1887
many-faceted1890
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into (many) aspects
faceted1862
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. iii. 60 Friedrich..loves the sharp facetted cut of the man.
1898 Daily News 30 Nov. 7/6 Not an hour..when the uneasy faceted surface [of the sea] is not throwing back reflections of the sky.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xx. 91 In the sunlight, gate cut by the shadow; And then the faceted air: Floating.
1975 R. Alter Mod. Hebrew Lit. Pref. p. xi It is hoped that the present volume, both texts and critical prefaces, will serve as an introduction to that double-faceted reflective power of Hebrew literature.
2000 Time Out 26 Jan. 50/1 One almost feels that the curators expect you to give up before the end, convinced beyond argument that design is a mind-bogglingly faceted discipline.
2005 Time Out 7 Dec. 47/4 The collages are bright, dense and diamond-sharp. Wittily brutal in her approximation of tonal difference and curves, Joffe gives the collaged women oddly faceted faces.
2. Anatomy and Zoology. Of an eye: consisting of facets (facet n.2 2a). Of a bone: having a facet or facets (facet n.2 2b).
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1831 Insect Misc. 128 The males of more than one species of day-fly (Ephemera), besides the regular number of facetted and coronet eyes, have a pair of facetted eyes on the top of a short columnar projection.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 22 An irregularly-shaped bony process..forms with this smooth facetted process a cup-shaped cavity.
1922 Biol. Bull. 42 198 All the known prosalient ants have very large, convex, and minutely faceted eyes.
1983 D. Duane So you want to be Wizard 3 A prismed picture taken through the faceted eye of a bee.
2004 W. M. Sy Feng Shui, Craps, & Superstitions 183 (Gloss.) Astragalus, six-faceted hoof bone found in the higher vertebrates used as a die in the ancient days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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