ASPECTABUNDADJ.
expressive in face; exhibiting one's feelings through the eyes or face ..1708 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin aspectare, freq. of aspicere to look at, + -bundus, suffix forming verbal adjectives, after Latin lacrimabundus weeping, osculabundus kissing, cogitabundus full of thought, etc., FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1708 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...On the Stage, he's very Aspectabund, wearing a farce in his Face." From: Roscius Anglicanus Or, an Historical Review of the Stage from 1660 to 1706 By: John Downes, 1708 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955
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