facies
/ˈfeɪ.ʃiˌiz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The insects of these four islands have also a common facies - facts which seem to indicate that some more extensive land has recently disappeared from the area they now occupy, and has supplied them with a few of its peculiar productions."
- "The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows."
- "costive facies"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēsbor. English facies Borrowed from Latin faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”). Doublet of face.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfeɪ.ʃiˌiz/
- British English: /ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/