Meanings
plural punims
- The face (front part of the head).
Jack figured if Mr. Rosen could detect a fierce look on his punim, he was giving away too much.
2010, F. Paul Wilson, Jack: Secret Circles, page 1001 more example
I can’t help it that I’m so beautiful they stop Mother when she is wheeling me in my carriage so as to get a good look at my gorgeous punim—
1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 89Synonyms: boat, complexion, countenance, chevy chase, dial, ecaf, eek, George Best
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe face (front part of the head).
Origin
- Hebrewפָּנִים“face”
- Yiddishפּנים
- Englishpunim
Borrowed from Yiddish פּנים (ponem), from Hebrew פָּנִים (paním, “face”).
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