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horseface

noun

Etymology

From horse + face.

  1. derived from faciēs
  2. derived from facia
  3. derived from face
  4. inherited from face
  5. compounded as horseface — “horse + face”

Definitions

  1. The face of a horse.

    • It comes in the form of a mask, or a harmless owl, or a punning resemblance in the soft muzzle of a horseface.
    • In the mid-1940s, he used it as a mask, on an owl, or on a horseface.

  2. A face (of a human or other non-horse animal) that is long and ugly, with coarse…

    A face (of a human or other non-horse animal) that is long and ugly, with coarse features, thus having a resemblance or fancied resemblance to the face of a horse.

    • He did have a horseface, Darby decided angrily as he yanked a handkerchief from his back pocket to wipe the tobacco off another ruined shirt.
    • There had been gossip about the American Minister's wife's absence, which reported that she was very ugly and had a horseface.
    • But she had a horseface and nobody knew how on earth she got in.

  3. Someone who is unattractive because they have a horseface.

    • Near-synonym: dogface
    • We got a horseface for a home room teacher.
    • Aunt Samantha had shown annoyance at this by puffing her nostrils and issuing a sort of whinny-like protest which made her seem all the more a horseface.

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