bifronted
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bifronted (not comparable)
- Having two fronts.
- Synonym: bifrontal
- c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii, signature E2, recto:
- The condition / Of our affaires exacts a double care, / And like bifronted Ianus, vvee muſt looke / Backvvard, as forvvard: […]
References
[edit]- “bifronted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.