pie-facedadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪfeɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪˌfeɪst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.², faced adj.¹

Etymology: < pie n.² + faced adj.¹ Compare slightly earlier pie-face n.

slang (originally U.S.). Chiefly derogatory.

Having a round, flat face or a blank expression; stupid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > in appearance

fishy1836

pie-faced1891

cabbage-looking1898

tunny-faced1901

1891 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 11 May Wanted:..A girl who will not describe a pie-faced poodle as a ‘lovely darling’.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 112 Did you put that pie-faced infant up to bally-ragging Mr. Bassington-Bassington?

1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing i. 17 He was disturbed again, this time by..a messy, dribbling, pie-faced urchin.

1955 Times 29 Aug. 10/7 They spare us those moments of pie-faced solemnity with which comic dramatists here are wont to becloud their activities.

1990 W. Stewart Right Church Wrong Pew (1991) xxi. 161 I told her that Hanna Klovack was a piefaced little fathead.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pie-faced
释义	pie-facedadj. Brit. /ˈpʌɪfeɪst/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌfeɪst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.², faced adj.¹ Etymology: < pie n.² + faced adj.¹ Compare slightly earlier pie-face n. slang (originally U.S.). Chiefly derogatory. Having a round, flat face or a blank expression; stupid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > in appearance fishy1836 pie-faced1891 cabbage-looking1898 tunny-faced1901 1891 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 11 May Wanted:..A girl who will not describe a pie-faced poodle as a ‘lovely darling’. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 112 Did you put that pie-faced infant up to bally-ragging Mr. Bassington-Bassington? 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing i. 17 He was disturbed again, this time by..a messy, dribbling, pie-faced urchin. 1955 Times 29 Aug. 10/7 They spare us those moments of pie-faced solemnity with which comic dramatists here are wont to becloud their activities. 1990 W. Stewart Right Church Wrong Pew (1991) xxi. 161 I told her that Hanna Klovack was a piefaced little fathead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1891
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