moon-faced

[ moon-feyst ]

adjective

1. having a very round face, regarded as resembling a full moon.

moon-faced

adjective

1. having a round face; full-faced

Word History and Origins

Origin of moon-faced¹

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

The moon-faced Manning, a Time magazine cover star in October 2000, was widely regarded as a plucky music fan sticking it to greedy labels and out-of-touch millionaires.

From Los Angeles Times

After he teed off in 2003 on the Fox teenage drama “The O.C.” as a “moody, moon-faced trifle,” the show fired back with a hospital scene featuring a patient named Tom Shales, who is incontinent.

From New York Times

H-2 was a volatile, moon-faced man scarcely known outside the regional underworld.

From New York Times

And out popped a friendly moon-faced woman in black-framed glasses, the right one missing a chunk of lens.

From Los Angeles Times

Oh: and one of those newfangled, full-face snorkel masks that actually works, but makes even the most attractive GTHer look exactly like the moon-faced Dr. Zaius in the “Planet of the Apes” movies.

From Seattle Times