smock-faced

English

Adjective

smock-faced (comparative more smock-faced, superlative most smock-faced)

  1. (dated) Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Montague Summers, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      A smock-faced amoroso.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sir Walter Scott., (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      That counter-casting, smock-faced boy.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Henry Fielding., (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      None of your smock-faced young fellows.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for smock-faced in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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