Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batfaced

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bat-faced
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whose face resembles that of a bat (the flying mammal).

Example Sentences

"He ducked back down the alley / With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl / All along along / There were incidents and accidents / There were hints and allegations..."
"...in their rumpled jackets they're somber but not wistful; they're too full of themselves for that, batfaced, slightly astonished but also sleepy like us..."
"Even though the legend's tide seems to put the vicious batfaced monster in the limelight, it is evident that the thematic focus in this story is the struggle between good and evil."
"Bon, he said, who had Pam on his arm, was "batfaced.""

Etymology

From bat + faced.

Inflected Forms

more batfaced (comparative) most batfaced (superlative)

Questions

What does batfaced mean?: Whose face resembles that of a bat (the flying mammal).
Where does batfaced come from?: From bat + faced.

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