facial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to or affecting the face.

   She used facial expressions to show how she was feeling.

2. 2
   noun

   A beauty treatment for the face involving cleansing and massage.

   She booked a facial to relax before her big interview.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Latin faciēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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