See Also: prepossessing(dictionary)
prepossessing(dictionary)

hacienda (oh) and prepossessing (iou)


hacienda (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Spanish; Origin: Latin facienda, from facere 'to make, do']
a large farm in Spanish-speaking countries

prepossessing (iou)



prepossessing ppl adjective. M17.
[from PREPOSSESS + -ING2.]
Causing prejudice. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Creating a favourable first impression, attractive. E19.
C. P. Snow He was pallid and not prepossessing, with..a flattish Slav nose.
prepossessingly adverb E19.
prepossessingness noun L19.