po-faced

Significado (Inglés)

1. (British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.
2. (British) Poker-faced.

Conceptos

victoriano

Sinónimos

blank

conceited

deadpan

expressionless

😑

impassive

inexpressive

presumptuous

prim

prudish

stolid

straight-laced

Traducciones

prüde

zimperlich

bégueule

prude

pudibond

nuffig

afetadamente pudico

recatado em excesso

iffet taslayan

kendini beğenmiş

ukala

aşırı namuslu geçinen

erdemlilik taslayan

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”.