full-faced

[ fool-feyst ]

adjective

1. having a plump or round face.
2. facing squarely toward the spectator or in a given direction.

full-faced

adjective

1. having a round full face
2. Alsofull face facing towards the viewer, with the entire face visible
3. another name for bold face

Derived Forms

• ˈfullˈface, nounadverb

Other Words From

• fullface noun adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of full-faced¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

He gives me one of those full-faced smiles that travel straight to my lizard brain.

From The Daily Beast

He wrote with great power, and on the original parchment, no signature is so bold and full-faced as his.

From Project Gutenberg

His full-faced figure, foreshortened upon the wall, stood out from the white background with an astonishing vitality.

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Mine host, old Gaffer Moon, smiles down upon the ashes of my camp fire, full-faced and silver.

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She opened it under his orders, and saw a full-faced girl of a common type, with frowsy hair and a showily-made dress.

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But he remembered a full-faced, smiling man somewhat taller than himself, somewhat broader across the shoulders.

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