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facial
- /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
Rhymes with -eɪʃəl
Where it comes from
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).
adjective
- Of or affecting the face.
- Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the 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.
noun facials
- A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
- 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 […]
- (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
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A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.
Similar: money shot
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: facial nerve, nervus facialis, lift, scaling, faceless, face, noodle, cranio, faces, kisser, mug, physiognomy, countenance, visage, front, mask
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adj of the face
| Español | facial, fisonómico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 面 miàn, 顏面的 /颜面的 yánmiàn de |
| Português | facial |
| Français | facial |
| Deutsch | Gesichts- |
| Italiano | facciale |
| Русский | лицево́й licevój |
noun beauty treatment
| 中文 | 面部護理 /面部护理 miànbù hùlǐ |
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