facies (countable and uncountable, plural facies)
(plurale tantum) Appearance.
(plurale tantum, medicine) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
(geology) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting the way it was formed.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fa"ci*es, n. Etym: [L., from, face. See Face.]
1. The anterior part of the head; the face.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. Facies Hippocratica. (Med.) See Hippocratic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
