English Explanatory Dictionary

facial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or affecting the face.
  2. Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
  3. (of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
noun
  1. A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
  2. A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
  3. (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
  4. A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.

Pronunciation

/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/ en-au-facial.ogg

Word forms

facial facials

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Synonyms

money shot

Derived words

acousticofacial acrofacial basifacial bifacial brachyfacial buccofacial cardiofacial centrofacial cephalofacial cervicofacial cofacial craniofacial craniomaxillofacial cytofacial dentofacial dentomaxillofacial devil facial tumor disease distofacial dolichofacial enantiofacial encephalofacial endofacial epifacial equifacial exofacial extrafacial facial angle facial artery facial composite facial cream facial disc facial discrimination facial expression facial feature facial hair facialist faciality facialize facially facial mask facial nerve facialness facial profiling facial pubes facial soap facial tissue facial yoga facio- gustofacial hemifacial hemimaxillofacial heterofacial immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome interfacial intrafacial labiofacial linguofacial lithofacial mandibulofacial maxillofacial
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