A little face; a small surface; as the facets of a diamond.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.
2. A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
3. The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
4. One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
Having facets.
Wit; pleasant representation. [Not used.]
2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.
Exteriority Roget’s Thesaurus §220
N. exteriority, outside, exterior, # surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence
V. be exterior, lie around, place exteriorly, place outwardly, place outside, put out, turn out
Adj. exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic
Adv. externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco
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