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fess

verb
/fɛs/

Etymology

From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Cognate with fajita, fascia, and fascism.

  1. derived from fascia
  2. derived from fesse
  3. inherited from fesse

Definitions

  1. To confess

    To confess; to admit.

  2. A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.

    • Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.
    • The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.

  3. Proud

    Proud; conceited.

    • Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Lively

      Lively; active; strong.

    2. Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.

    3. A surname from German.

    4. Initialism of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA