Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bluefaced

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blue-faced
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a blue face.

Example Sentences

"Mrs. Provo smiled but Rosacoke said, "That's a bluefaced lie. I don't like boys yet.""
"A bluefaced shock troop leader staggered over to see what it might command."
"Then when the money got scarce as hens' back teeth and his drunks commenced coming so close they were one long drunk and he was sleeping nights wherever he dropped in fields or by the road—I took all that like a bluefaced fool."
"But we lacked the collector's instinct that impels a true birder to travel hundreds of miles just to add a bluefaced booby to his life list."

Etymology

From blue + faced.

Inflected Forms

more bluefaced (comparative) most bluefaced (superlative)

Phrases

until one is blue in the face

Frequently Paired Words

until one is blue in the face barefaced baldfaced boldfaced

Questions

What does bluefaced mean?: Having a blue face.
Where does bluefaced come from?: From blue + faced.

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