moon-faced

See also: moonfaced

English

Alternative forms

moonfaced

Adjective

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

Having a round or moon-shaped face.
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 233:
  The creased moon-faced Chinese grinned above his glass of beer[.]
- 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 83:
  "I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."

Synonyms

pie-faced

Translations

having a round face

Bulgarian: кръглолик (bg) (krǎglolik)
Maori: pahananui

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