pretty facen.

Brit.

/ˌprɪtɪ ˈfeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈˌprɪdi ˈˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pretty adj., face n.

Etymology: < pretty adj. + face n.

a. A person with a pretty face. Also as a term of endearment. Now rare, except in sense 1b.

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

good face1591

chitty-face1601

dogfacea1627

Lenten chapsa1640

pretty face1675

baby face1726

slape-face1847

pinch-face1911

pizza face1964

zit-face1974

1675 C. Cotton tr. Lucian Judgm. of Paris in Burlesque upon Burlesque 147 What Ladies are these pretty faces, Thou lead'st into these desert places?

1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xviii. 29 She hugged me to her, and said,..Prettyface, where gottest thou all thy knowledge?

1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers I. xv. 235 Any man who is willing to sacrifice his interest to get possession of a pretty face is a fool.

1956 Kerrville (Texas) Times 29 June 1/1 Kerrville has a new WU operator, a prettyface from San Benito labeled Maxine McGinnis, a 20-year-old brownette.

1991 G. Malanga Three Diamonds 172 I never met a ‘pretty face’ Who wasn't trouble.

b. to be just a pretty face and variants: to have no qualities other than attractiveness, esp. with connotations of low intelligence; usually in negative contexts. Also: to be more than (just) a pretty face: to have qualities other than mere attractiveness, esp. intelligence.Often without the implication that the person referred to is particularly attractive.

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1873 Harper's Mag. July 253/2 I have heard that she is a pretty face, and nothing more.

1958 Times 30 May 8/6 (headline) ‘Primrose’ wins again at the Bath and West. ‘Not just a pretty face’.

1982 S. Paretsky Indemnity Only ii. 26 Was he just another pretty face, or did he know anything?

1997 C. Reid Plays: One ii. i. 338 She's not just a pretty face, you know. She's the star of the show on the openin' night.

2002 Time 25 Nov. 52/2 Edwards last week gave a well-received economic address, part of the North Carolina Senator's effort to prove he is more than a pretty face.

2. More fully pretty-face kangaroo, pretty-face wallaby. The whiptail wallaby, Macropus parryi, of eastern Australia, which is pale and slender with white and blackish stripes on the face and ears.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > wallabies of genus Macropus

Parmac1842

toolache1879

pretty-face wallaby1887

scrub wallaby1896

1887 W. S. S. Tyrwhitt New Chum in Queensland Bush viii. 145 The smaller kind [of kangaroo], known as pretty faces or whip tails,..are rather smaller and of a grey colour.

1911 W. H. D. Le Souëf Wild Life Austral. vii. 215 The most graceful of the Kangaroos..are locally called Pretty-face or Whip-tailed Kangaroos.

1956 T. Y. Harris Naturecraft in Austral. 77 The Pretty-face Wallaby..grazes quietly in open country, usually in the cooler parts of the day.

2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 21 Sept. d4 Pretty-face wallabies are on view for the first time in an open walk through an enclosure at the zoo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pretty face
释义	pretty facen. Brit. /ˌprɪtɪ ˈfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌprɪdi ˈˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pretty adj., face n. Etymology: < pretty adj. + face n. 1. a. A person with a pretty face. Also as a term of endearment. Now rare, except in sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > person having good face1591 chitty-face1601 dogfacea1627 Lenten chapsa1640 pretty face1675 baby face1726 slape-face1847 pinch-face1911 pizza face1964 zit-face1974 1675 C. Cotton tr. Lucian Judgm. of Paris in Burlesque upon Burlesque 147 What Ladies are these pretty faces, Thou lead'st into these desert places? 1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xviii. 29 She hugged me to her, and said,..Prettyface, where gottest thou all thy knowledge? 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers I. xv. 235 Any man who is willing to sacrifice his interest to get possession of a pretty face is a fool. 1956 Kerrville (Texas) Times 29 June 1/1 Kerrville has a new WU operator, a prettyface from San Benito labeled Maxine McGinnis, a 20-year-old brownette. 1991 G. Malanga Three Diamonds 172 I never met a ‘pretty face’ Who wasn't trouble. b. to be just a pretty face and variants: to have no qualities other than attractiveness, esp. with connotations of low intelligence; usually in negative contexts. Also: to be more than (just) a pretty face: to have qualities other than mere attractiveness, esp. intelligence.Often without the implication that the person referred to is particularly attractive. ΚΠ 1873 Harper's Mag. July 253/2 I have heard that she is a pretty face, and nothing more. 1958 Times 30 May 8/6 (headline) ‘Primrose’ wins again at the Bath and West. ‘Not just a pretty face’. 1982 S. Paretsky Indemnity Only ii. 26 Was he just another pretty face, or did he know anything? 1997 C. Reid Plays: One ii. i. 338 She's not just a pretty face, you know. She's the star of the show on the openin' night. 2002 Time 25 Nov. 52/2 Edwards last week gave a well-received economic address, part of the North Carolina Senator's effort to prove he is more than a pretty face. 2. More fully pretty-face kangaroo, pretty-face wallaby. The whiptail wallaby, Macropus parryi, of eastern Australia, which is pale and slender with white and blackish stripes on the face and ears. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > wallabies of genus Macropus Parmac1842 toolache1879 pretty-face wallaby1887 scrub wallaby1896 1887 W. S. S. Tyrwhitt New Chum in Queensland Bush viii. 145 The smaller kind [of kangaroo], known as pretty faces or whip tails,..are rather smaller and of a grey colour. 1911 W. H. D. Le Souëf Wild Life Austral. vii. 215 The most graceful of the Kangaroos..are locally called Pretty-face or Whip-tailed Kangaroos. 1956 T. Y. Harris Naturecraft in Austral. 77 The Pretty-face Wallaby..grazes quietly in open country, usually in the cooler parts of the day. 2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 21 Sept. d4 Pretty-face wallabies are on view for the first time in an open walk through an enclosure at the zoo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1675
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