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fess¹
- /fɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
Clipping of confess.
verb fesses · fessing · fessed · 'fess
- To confess; to admit.
fess²
- /fɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Cognate with fajita, fascia, and fascism.
noun fesses · fesse · feese
- 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.
fess³
- /fɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
adjective
- Proud; conceited. Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"
- Lively; active; strong.
- Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.
Fess⁴
Where it comes from
From German Fess, a variant of Feese.
proper noun Fesses
- A surname from German.
FESS⁵
noun
- Initialism of functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Translations
Talk about this word "fess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fess. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fess. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fess "fess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fess.Cite this
@misc{fess_2026,
title = {fess},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fess},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
