Definitions for frontispiece
ˈfrʌn tɪsˌpis, ˈfrɒn-fron·tispiece

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontispiecenoun

   an ornamental facade

2. frontispiecenoun

   front illustration facing the title page of a book

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontispiecenoun

   An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.

2. frontispiecenoun

   The title page of a book.

3. frontispiecenoun

   A façade, especially an ornamental one.

4. frontispiecenoun

   A small pediment of which is ornamental, especially on the top of a window or door.

5. Etymology: By folk etymology, from frontispice, from frontispicium, from frons (forehead) + specere (look at).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontispiecenoun

   That part of any building or other body that directly meets the eye.

   Etymology: frontispicium, id quod in fronte conspicitur; frontispice, French.

   With frontispiece of diamond and gold
   Embellish’d, thick with sparkling orient gems
   The portal shone. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii.

   Who is it has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispice? John Locke.

   The frontispiece of the townhouse has pillars of a beautiful black marble, streaked with white. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontispiece

   A frontispiece is an illustration or image positioned opposite the title page of a book, typically serving as a decorative piece or linked in some way to the content of the book. It usually comes before the introduction or preface.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontispiecenoun

   the part which first meets the eye

2. Frontispiecenoun

   the principal front of a building

3. Frontispiecenoun

   an ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself

4. Etymology: [F. frontispice, LL. frontispicium beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons front + spicere, specere, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio. See Front and Spy.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontispiece

   front′i-spēs, n. (archit.) the principal face of a building: a figure or engraving in front of a book.—v.t. to put as a frontispiece, to furnish with such. [Fr.,—Low L. frontispicium—frons, forehead, specĕre, to see; not conn. with piece.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frontispiece in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frontispiece in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=frontispiece
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frontispiece
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=frontispiece
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frontispiece
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=frontispiece