smock-faced

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English

Adjective

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

(dated) Having a feminine expression or appearance; smooth-faced; girlish-faced.
- 1933, Montague Summers, The Werewolf:
  A smock-faced amoroso.
- 1830, Auchindrane, Walter Scott:
  That counter-casting, smock-faced boy.
- 1732, Henry Fielding, The Miser:
  None of your smock-faced young fellows.

Related terms

smock-face

References

“smock-faced”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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