frontispiece
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
By folk etymology, from French frontispice, from Latin frontispicium, from frons (forehead) + specere (look at).
Noun[edit]
frontispiece (plural frontispieces)
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
- (archaic, publishing) The title page of a book.
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (architecture) A small pediment of which is ornamental, especially on the top of a window or door.
References[edit]
- "Frontispiece" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.
