smock-faced

English

Adjective

smock-faced (comparative more smock-faced, superlative most smock-faced)

1. (dated) Having a feminine expression or appearance; smooth-faced; girlish-faced.
   • 1933, Montague Summers, The Werewolf:

     A smock-faced amoroso.

   • 1830, Auchindrane, Walter Scott:

     That counter-casting, smock-faced boy.

   • 1732, Henry Fielding, The Miser:

     None of your smock-faced young fellows.

Related terms

• smock-face

References

• “smock-faced”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.