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Definition of Moon-faced
1. Adjective. Having a round face.
Definition of Moon-faced
1. Adjective. Having a round face. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moon-faced
Literary usage of Moon-faced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. There and Back Again in Search of Beauty by James Augustus St. John (1853)
"He was a fat, moon-faced epicure, who delighted in good dinners and cigars, and
whose highest flight of fancy never soared above one of the ..."
2. The Bookman (1907)
"The other man hates him because he is happy, because he is moon-faced, because,
in short, he is John Claverhouse, and not some one radically different. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... Newcomes, lui. moon-faced ... Maud, the beloved of my mother, the moon-faced
darling of all. ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"Then he suddenly ceased to be moon-faced; rigid lines of determination ...
The no longer moon-faced young man ruminated over his answer: "The chump who ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"Then he suddenly ceased to be moon-faced; rigid lines of determination ...
The no longer moon-faced young man ruminated over his answer: "The chump who ..."
6. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"It is plain that the Usurping Earl there has a great deal of character and a long
face like a horse's, whereas his heir here is smirky, moon-faced, ..."
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