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Etymology
long face + -ed
Adjective
long-faced
- Displaying sadness.
He was long-faced so we knew she'd turned down his proposal.
1916, James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour:" […] So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout."
- (literally) Having a long face.
1846, Charles Dickens, The Battle of Life:The majority did not give forth very flattering portraits of him, certainly; nor were they by any means unanimous in their reflections; as some made him very long-faced, others very broad-faced, some tolerably well-looking, others vastly ill-looking, according to their several manners of reflecting: […]
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