po-faced
/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.86 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Nae hassle man . . . I'll git oaf the skag, and Saughton's barry fir hash. It'll be a piece ay pish likesay . . . he sais, as he's escorted away by a po–faced labdick."
- "I mean, you would never guess if you came up from the South to Edinburgh in August that it is such a po-faced, humourless place, now would you?"
Etymology
Uncertain, probably from po, abbreviated slang based on French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”), after the distasteful expression anyone would adopt upon being presented with a full one. Perhaps similarly from pooh; perhaps influenced by poker-faced. Also possibly “poor-faced”.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
more po-faced (comparative)
most po-faced (superlative)