Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no foliaceous appendages on the snout: applied to bats of the family Vespertilionidæ, as distinguished from leaf-nosed, phyllostomons, or rhinolophine bats.

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Examples

  • He seems to love his vivacious girlfriend, the pretty Valerie Donzelli, at the same time he also escapes into the arms of the voluptuous simple-faced lover, played by Israelian actress Sarah Adler.

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  • He seems to love his vivacious girlfriend, the pretty Valerie Donzelli, at the same time he also escapes into the arms of the voluptuous simple-faced lover, played by Israelian actress Sarah Adler.

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  • This simple-faced Louis Vuitton timepiece makes a big statement.

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  • And there was a picture of their father, a simple-faced man in an ample beard, taken at that period when photographs were highly glazed, and raised in bas relief.

    The Heart of Rachael Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • He had knocked off poor old Sir David in ten days, but the portrait of the simple-faced child bade fair to stretch over into the following year.

    A London Life and Other Tales Henry James 1879

  • When finally the peasant opened his door the house was searched from top to bottom, but to no purpose; the bird had flown, the gawky Alsatian, the tow-headed, simple-faced lout whom

    The Downfall ��mile Zola 1871

  • He’s really simple-faced, no lips, no nose, large black eyes, and blue skin/membrane, plus a futuristic headset.

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  • Here is a simple-faced young peasant-couple with butter and eggs and chickens ravishingly displayed; here is a smooth-checked, blackeyed, black-haired young girl, looking as if an infusion of Indian blood had darkened the red of her cheeks, presiding over a stock of onions, potatoes, beets, and turnips; there an old woman with a face carven like a walnut, behind a flattering array of cherries and pears; yonder a whole family trafficking in loaves of brown-bread and maple-sugar in many shapes of pious and grotesque device.

    Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells 1878

  • Here is a simple-faced young peasant-couple with butter and eggs and chickens ravishingly displayed; here is a smooth-checked, blackeyed, black-haired young girl, looking as if an infusion of Indian blood had darkened the red of her cheeks, presiding over a stock of onions, potatoes, beets, and turnips; there an old woman with a face carven like a walnut, behind a flattering array of cherries and pears; yonder a whole family trafficking in loaves of brown-bread and maple-sugar in many shapes of pious and grotesque device.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

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