facern.

Brit.

/ˈfeɪsə/, U.S.

/ˈfeɪsər/

Forms: late Middle English faser, 1500s– facer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: face v., -er suffix¹; face n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < face v. + -er suffix¹, and partly < face n. + -er suffix¹.

1. Originally: a person who puts on a bold face; a boaster, a braggart; a bully. In later use: a person who faces up to or confronts something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person

jettera1400

flirdom?a1500

facerc1500

termagant1508

rutterkina1529

bellomy1535

bystour1535

roister1549

swash1549

rush-buckler1551

roisterkin1553

swashbuckler1560

dash-buckler1567

swinge-buckler?1577

whiffler1581

huff-snuff1582

swish-swash1582

fixnet1583

swag1588

swasher?1589

kill-cow1590

roister-doister1592

dagger1597

flaunting Fabian1598

tisty-tosty1598

huff-cap1600

swaggerer1600

burgullian1601

huff-muff1602

tear-cat1606

blusterer1609

wag-feather1611

wind-cutter1611

bilbo-lorda1625

tearer1633

cacafuegoa1640

bravado1643

Hector1655

scaramouch1662

swashado1663

huffer1664

bluster-mastera1670

Drawcansir1672

bully huff1673

huff1674

belswagger1680

valienton1681

blunderbuss1685

Draw can bully1698

bouncer1764

Bobadil1771

bounce1819

pistol1828

sacripant1829

hufty1847

bucko1883

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 674 (MED) Bosters, braggars, & brybores, Praters, fasers, strechers, & wrythers.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Crakers, facers and chylderne quellers.

1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Eviii^v Nay, ther be no greater talkers nor bosters & facers then they be.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iv. sig. I1^v A race of idle people..Facers, and talkers.

1841 B. Hall Patchwork in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 54 But the facer of mortal foes quailed before those of nature.

1918 E. L. Masters Toward Gulf 24 As..an unafraid facer of enemies, Oppositions, hatreds, She never knew her equal.

1959 E. H. Harbison in W. H. Werkmeister Facets of Renaissance 54 Machiavelli, the consummate realist, the resolute facer of things-as-they-are, had one blind spot.

1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Oct. ii. 3/1 In her increasing contempt for the diplomatic world about her, she grows curt. But she is a sturdy facer of facts.

†2. A large cup or tankard, esp. such a cup filled to the brim. Cf. bumper n.¹ 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > large

beaker1348

facer1527

wassailing bowl1555

wassail-cup1600

wassail-bowl1606

consciencea1643

bellarmine1720

breakfast-cup1762

longbeard1850

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > large > filled to brim

facer1688

1527 Will T. Sparke (Chetham Soc.) 17 Item, to my cosyn yong Thomas Smith my bowndon facer and my gilde spone.

1562 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 158 Item twa gilt facers.

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 33 There's a Facer for you.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Facer, a Bumper without Lip-room.

1731 C. Coffey & J. Mottley Devil to Pay iii. iii. 61 Here's my Lady, Huzzah!—Now all pledge me, and let every Bumper be a Facer.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Facer, a bumper, a glass filled so full as to leave no room for the lip.

3. A person who or machine which faces letters that are being sorted in the post. See face v. 15b.

ΚΠ

1780 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 XVI. 289 Frederick Dupont, a facer of letters.

1815 T. Leach Cases Crown Law (ed. 4) II. 1092 The prisoner was employed in the Post-Office as a facer of letters.

1850 Q. Rev. June 75 The act is by ‘facers’ called ‘pigging’.

1958 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 15 Dec. (caption) This automatic letter facer stacks letters, scans them, faces them, counts them and cancels their stamps.

2006 Virginian Pilot (Norfolk) (Nexis) 19 Nov. 32 Students serve as postmasters, facers, cancellers, nixie clerks, sorters and letter carriers.

a. A punch or blow in the face. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the face

slapdash1712

facer1808

clock1926

1808 Sporting Mag. 32 35/2 Belcher, within distance, hit him a severe facer.

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 24 Not to dwell on each facer and fall.

1858 J. Brown Rab in Horæ Subsecivæ 1st Ser. 295 The..shepherd [dog]..delivered a terrific facer upon our..middle-aged friend.

1912 E. S. Ellis Launch Boys' Cruise in Deerfoot ii. 22 His foe attempted to follow it up, but was staggered by a facer delivered straight and true.

1953 G. Heyer Cotillion vii. 108 Mr. Standen, a peace-loving young gentleman, was conscious of..a wistful desire to land his cousin a facer.

b. figurative. A setback; a sudden difficulty or obstacle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem

knotc1000

a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450

dark, hard sentence1535

nut1540

Gordian knot1579

nodus1728

teaser1759

stumper1807

Chinese puzzlec1815

facer1828

sticker1849

grueller1856

stumbler1863

twister1879

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 109/2 With the right lending the Catholics such a facer, that they are unable to come to time.

1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy II. iii. 30 ‘I've had a good many facers in my life’.

1911 A. Fuller Later Pratt Portraits ix. 309 The name, Randidge Leggett, Junior, which was instantly clapped upon him, might have proved something of a facer for so young a child.

1971 C. Williams-Ellis Architect Errant xv. 223 Our successive refusal at a whole string of hotels..was rather a facer for our party of six.

2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty i. 7 ‘You're such a snob,’ she said;..coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	facer
释义	facern. Brit. /ˈfeɪsə/, U.S. /ˈfeɪsər/ Forms: late Middle English faser, 1500s– facer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: face v., -er suffix¹; face n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < face v. + -er suffix¹, and partly < face n. + -er suffix¹. 1. Originally: a person who puts on a bold face; a boaster, a braggart; a bully. In later use: a person who faces up to or confronts something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person jettera1400 flirdom?a1500 facerc1500 termagant1508 rutterkina1529 bellomy1535 bystour1535 roister1549 swash1549 rush-buckler1551 roisterkin1553 swashbuckler1560 dash-buckler1567 swinge-buckler?1577 whiffler1581 huff-snuff1582 swish-swash1582 fixnet1583 swag1588 swasher?1589 kill-cow1590 roister-doister1592 dagger1597 flaunting Fabian1598 tisty-tosty1598 huff-cap1600 swaggerer1600 burgullian1601 huff-muff1602 tear-cat1606 blusterer1609 wag-feather1611 wind-cutter1611 bilbo-lorda1625 tearer1633 cacafuegoa1640 bravado1643 Hector1655 scaramouch1662 swashado1663 huffer1664 bluster-mastera1670 Drawcansir1672 bully huff1673 huff1674 belswagger1680 valienton1681 blunderbuss1685 Draw can bully1698 bouncer1764 Bobadil1771 bounce1819 pistol1828 sacripant1829 hufty1847 bucko1883 c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 674 (MED) Bosters, braggars, & brybores, Praters, fasers, strechers, & wrythers. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Crakers, facers and chylderne quellers. 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Eviii^v Nay, ther be no greater talkers nor bosters & facers then they be. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iv. sig. I1^v A race of idle people..Facers, and talkers. 1841 B. Hall Patchwork in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 54 But the facer of mortal foes quailed before those of nature. 1918 E. L. Masters Toward Gulf 24 As..an unafraid facer of enemies, Oppositions, hatreds, She never knew her equal. 1959 E. H. Harbison in W. H. Werkmeister Facets of Renaissance 54 Machiavelli, the consummate realist, the resolute facer of things-as-they-are, had one blind spot. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Oct. ii. 3/1 In her increasing contempt for the diplomatic world about her, she grows curt. But she is a sturdy facer of facts. †2. A large cup or tankard, esp. such a cup filled to the brim. Cf. bumper n.¹ 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > large beaker1348 facer1527 wassailing bowl1555 wassail-cup1600 wassail-bowl1606 consciencea1643 bellarmine1720 breakfast-cup1762 longbeard1850 the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > large > filled to brim facer1688 1527 Will T. Sparke (Chetham Soc.) 17 Item, to my cosyn yong Thomas Smith my bowndon facer and my gilde spone. 1562 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 158 Item twa gilt facers. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 33 There's a Facer for you. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Facer, a Bumper without Lip-room. 1731 C. Coffey & J. Mottley Devil to Pay iii. iii. 61 Here's my Lady, Huzzah!—Now all pledge me, and let every Bumper be a Facer. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Facer, a bumper, a glass filled so full as to leave no room for the lip. 3. A person who or machine which faces letters that are being sorted in the post. See face v. 15b. ΚΠ 1780 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 XVI. 289 Frederick Dupont, a facer of letters. 1815 T. Leach Cases Crown Law (ed. 4) II. 1092 The prisoner was employed in the Post-Office as a facer of letters. 1850 Q. Rev. June 75 The act is by ‘facers’ called ‘pigging’. 1958 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 15 Dec. (caption) This automatic letter facer stacks letters, scans them, faces them, counts them and cancels their stamps. 2006 Virginian Pilot (Norfolk) (Nexis) 19 Nov. 32 Students serve as postmasters, facers, cancellers, nixie clerks, sorters and letter carriers. 4. a. A punch or blow in the face. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the face slapdash1712 facer1808 clock1926 1808 Sporting Mag. 32 35/2 Belcher, within distance, hit him a severe facer. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 24 Not to dwell on each facer and fall. 1858 J. Brown Rab in Horæ Subsecivæ 1st Ser. 295 The..shepherd [dog]..delivered a terrific facer upon our..middle-aged friend. 1912 E. S. Ellis Launch Boys' Cruise in Deerfoot ii. 22 His foe attempted to follow it up, but was staggered by a facer delivered straight and true. 1953 G. Heyer Cotillion vii. 108 Mr. Standen, a peace-loving young gentleman, was conscious of..a wistful desire to land his cousin a facer. b. figurative. A setback; a sudden difficulty or obstacle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem knotc1000 a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450 dark, hard sentence1535 nut1540 Gordian knot1579 nodus1728 teaser1759 stumper1807 Chinese puzzlec1815 facer1828 sticker1849 grueller1856 stumbler1863 twister1879 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 109/2 With the right lending the Catholics such a facer, that they are unable to come to time. 1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy II. iii. 30 ‘I've had a good many facers in my life’. 1911 A. Fuller Later Pratt Portraits ix. 309 The name, Randidge Leggett, Junior, which was instantly clapped upon him, might have proved something of a facer for so young a child. 1971 C. Williams-Ellis Architect Errant xv. 223 Our successive refusal at a whole string of hotels..was rather a facer for our party of six. 2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty i. 7 ‘You're such a snob,’ she said;..coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1500
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