pretty face
/ˌprɪti ˈfeɪs/noun
1A person with a pretty face. Also as a term of endearment. Now rare, except in sense 1b.
2 to be just a pretty face and variants: to have no qualities other than attractiveness, especially with connotations of low intelligence; usually in negative contexts. Also: to be more than (just) a pretty face: to have qualities other than mere attractiveness, especially intelligence.
- Often without the implication that the person referred to is particularly attractive..
3More fully pretty-face kangaroo, pretty-face wallaby. The whiptail wallaby, Macropus parryi, of eastern Australia, which is pale and slender with white and blackish stripes on the face and ears.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Charles Cotton (1630–1687), poet and translator. From pretty + face.
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