Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

face-maker

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: face--mak-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who makes a face.

noun

A make-up artist.

Example Sentences

"‘Messieurs et Mesdames, I present to you at this Fair, […] the Ventriloquist, the Ventriloquist! Further, Messieurs et Mesdames, I present to you the Face-Maker, the Physiognomist, the great Changer of Countenances, who transforms the features that Heaven has bestowed upon him into an endless succession of surprising and extraordinary visages, […]"
"What is a face-maker, a visagiste, a cosmetic artist? He—more often than she—is the creative talent behind a new look which will catch on and make us all wish to look like Alice in Wonderland or Mata Hari depending on the mood he's projecting."

Inflected Forms

face-makers (plural)

Questions

What does face-maker mean?: One who makes a face.

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