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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

borrowed from faciālis

Definitions

Of or affecting the face.
Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
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(of a law or regulation validity) On its face
(of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
- The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
- Discipline is a form of counter-law, of dissymmetry and inequality, that operates under the discourse of juridical power to make possible the stated or facial claims of equality and rights characteristic of the French Revolution.
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1. A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human…
  A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
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  A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
  - But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […]
3. (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
4. 7
  A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
  - Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.
  - For the piece she spoke to two women who said they enjoy facials, and who described the act as ‘the mark of a job well done’ and ‘really hot’. But Reid concludes that she herself finds facials deeply unpleasant.

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Derived

acousticofacial, acrofacial, basifacial, bifacial, brachyfacial, buccofacial, cardiofacial, centrofacial, cephalofacial, cervicofacial, cofacial, craniofacial, craniomaxillofacial, cytofacial, dentofacial, dentomaxillofacial, devil facial tumor disease, distofacial, dolichofacial, enantiofacial, encephalofacial, endofacial, epifacial, equifacial, exofacial, extrafacial, facial angle, facial artery, facial composite, facial cream, facial disc, facial discrimination, facial expression, facial feature, facial hair, facialist, faciality, facialize, facially, facial mask · +58 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at facial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at facial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at facial

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.