moon-facen.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnfeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, face n.

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + face n. Compare earlier moon-faced adj. Compare German Mondgesicht (Goethe).

1. A moon-shaped face; a round full face. Also poetic: a face likened to the moon in beauty.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun]

muskin1530

vizard1568

monkey-face?1589

chitty-face1601

angel face1605

smock-face1605

fish-facea1625

platter face1631

ammunition face1649

horn-facea1668

baby facea1684

crab face1706

hatchet face1707

splatter-face1707

paddock-face1724

pudding face1748

dough face1755

Madonna face1790

company face1798

moon-face1822

pug-facea1845

puss1844

frog-face1872

bun-face1913

bitch face1969

1822 T. Carlyle Let. 13 Nov. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) II. 200 There he sits, with his large moon-face right over against me.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 144 He..surveyed the beauties of his time as the Caliph the moonfaces of his harem.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent iii. 66 His pasty moon face drooped under the weight of melancholy assent.

1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington i. 10 Photographs of the time show me with a moon-face, two ample chins and sleepy eyes.

2. Medicine. The rounded face characteristic of persons with chronically elevated glucocorticoid levels, whether endogenously produced (as in Cushing's disease) or as the result of high-dose therapy.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of face

frog-face1730

aprosopia1842

dysmorphia1848

moon-face1944

dysmorphism1965

1944 J. Hoffman Female Endocrinol. xxxv. 574 The facial adiposity may materially alter the normal features and is responsible for the ‘moon face’ and ‘pig-eyed’ expression of the classical case.

1958 Spectator 11 July 60/3 Swelling of the face—‘moon-face’ after cortisone.

1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 90 On admission to the Children's Hospital she was obese and plethoric with ‘moon face’.

1996 Daily Tel. 23 July 12/3 I was started on steroids and rapidly developed a moonface.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moon-face
释义	moon-facen. Brit. /ˈmuːnfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈmunˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, face n. Etymology: < moon n.¹ + face n. Compare earlier moon-faced adj. Compare German Mondgesicht (Goethe). 1. A moon-shaped face; a round full face. Also poetic: a face likened to the moon in beauty. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] muskin1530 vizard1568 monkey-face?1589 chitty-face1601 angel face1605 smock-face1605 fish-facea1625 platter face1631 ammunition face1649 horn-facea1668 baby facea1684 crab face1706 hatchet face1707 splatter-face1707 paddock-face1724 pudding face1748 dough face1755 Madonna face1790 company face1798 moon-face1822 pug-facea1845 puss1844 frog-face1872 bun-face1913 bitch face1969 1822 T. Carlyle Let. 13 Nov. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) II. 200 There he sits, with his large moon-face right over against me. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 144 He..surveyed the beauties of his time as the Caliph the moonfaces of his harem. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent iii. 66 His pasty moon face drooped under the weight of melancholy assent. 1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington i. 10 Photographs of the time show me with a moon-face, two ample chins and sleepy eyes. 2. Medicine. The rounded face characteristic of persons with chronically elevated glucocorticoid levels, whether endogenously produced (as in Cushing's disease) or as the result of high-dose therapy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of face frog-face1730 aprosopia1842 dysmorphia1848 moon-face1944 dysmorphism1965 1944 J. Hoffman Female Endocrinol. xxxv. 574 The facial adiposity may materially alter the normal features and is responsible for the ‘moon face’ and ‘pig-eyed’ expression of the classical case. 1958 Spectator 11 July 60/3 Swelling of the face—‘moon-face’ after cortisone. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 90 On admission to the Children's Hospital she was obese and plethoric with ‘moon face’. 1996 Daily Tel. 23 July 12/3 I was started on steroids and rapidly developed a moonface. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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