English Explanatory Dictionary

po-faced

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.
  2. Poker-faced.

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/

Word forms

po-faced more po-faced most po-faced

Etymology

Uncertain, probably from po, abbreviated slang based on French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”), after the distasteful expression anyone would adopt upon being presented with a full one. Perhaps similarly from pooh; perhaps influenced by poker-faced. Also possibly “poor-faced”.

Derived words

po-face
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