facade
/fəˈsɑ(ː)d/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
noun
An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
Example Sentences
- "In Egypt the façades of their rock-cut tombs were[…]ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence."
- "Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental façade."
- "The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”"
- "Eight or so gunmen stood shoulder to shoulder in the gray-white trail before the barn, firing into the saloon's burning, bullet-pocked facade."
- "Facades are widely used for tasks like simplifying complex APIs."
- "Una was not happy in that small and self-immured company, already bound together by its big year on Broadway. But she façaded her unrest with a determination to improve her mind."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: facciata, faciēs