| 单词 | frontispiece |
| 释义 | frontispiece[ fruhn-tis-pees, fron- ] / ˈfrʌn tɪsˌpis, ˈfrɒn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR frontispiece ON THESAURUS.COM nounan illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book. Architecture. a façade, or a part or feature of a façade, often highlighted by ornamentation. Origin of frontispiece1590–1600; alteration (conformed to piece) of earlier frontispice<French <Medieval Latin frontispicium, equivalent to Latin fronti-front + -spicium (combining form representing specere to look at) Words nearby frontispiecefrontier, frontier orbital, frontiersman, frontierswoman, frontis, frontispiece, frontlash, frontless, frontlet, frontline, frontlist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frontispieceBritish Dictionary definitions for frontispiecefrontispiece / (ˈfrʌntɪsˌpiːs) / nounan illustration facing the title page of a book the principal façade of a building; front a pediment, esp an ornamented one, over a door, window, etc Word Origin for frontispieceC16 frontispice, from French, from Late Latin frontispicium façade, inspection of the forehead, from Latin frōns forehead + specere to look at; influenced by piece Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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