faetiously.html - n.pl. (US feces) waste matter discharged from the bowels.

faecal adj. [L, pl. of faex dregs]

faetiously.html - n.
(also faery) archaic 1 Fairyland; the fairies esp. as represented by Spenser (the Faerie Queene).
2 (attrib.) visionary, fancied. [var. of FAIRY]

faetiously.html - adj. & n.
(also Faroese) --adj.

of or relating to the Faeroes, an island group in the N. Atlantic between Norway and Iceland.

--n.

(pl. same)
1 a native of the Faeroes; a person of Faeroese descent.
2 the Norse language of this people.

faetiously.html - See: BLUE IN THE FACE, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FLY IN THE FACE OF, HATCHET FACE, HIDE ONE'S FACE, IN ONE'S FACE, IN THE FACE OF, LONG FACE, LOOK IN THE EYE or LOOK IN THE FACE, MAKE A FACE, ON THE FACE OF IT, SAVE FACE, SET ONE'S FACE AGAINST, SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH or SHOOT OFF ONE'S FACE, SHOW ONE'S FACE, SLAP IN THE FACE, STARE IN THE FACE, STRAIGHT FACE, THROW IN ONE'S FACE, TO ONE'S FACE.

faetiously.html - {v. phr.} To get the upper hand over someone by behaving forcefully; disconcert someone by the displaying of great self-assurance. * /The night guard faced down the burglar by staring him squarely in the face./ Contrast: FACE UP.

faetiously.html - {n. phr.} 1. A surgical procedure designed to make one's face look younger. * /Aunt Jane, who is in her seventies, had an expensive face lift and now she looks as if she were 40./ 2. A renovation, a refurbishing. * /Our house needs a major face lift to make it fit in with the rest of the neighborhood./