moon-faced

See also: moonfaced

English

Alternative forms

• moonfaced

Adjective

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

1. 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