"po-faced" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "po-face"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "pot de chambre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chamber pot"
      },
      "expansion": "French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more po-faced",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most po-faced",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "po-faced (comparative more po-faced, superlative most po-faced)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish."
      ],
      "id": "en-po-faced-en-adj-ntU~VWkY",
      "links": [
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ],
        [
          "disapproving",
          "disapprove"
        ],
        [
          "humourless",
          "humourless"
        ],
        [
          "priggish",
          "priggish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression",
          "word": "streng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression",
          "word": "grimmig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression",
          "word": "mürrisch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poker-faced."
      ],
      "id": "en-po-faced-en-adj-JlFaPnTr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Poker-faced",
          "poker-faced"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) Poker-faced."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Michael Quinion"
  ],
  "word": "po-faced"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English parasynthetic adjectives",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with German translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "po-face"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "pot de chambre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chamber pot"
      },
      "expansion": "French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more po-faced",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most po-faced",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "po-faced (comparative more po-faced, superlative most po-faced)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ],
        [
          "disapproving",
          "disapprove"
        ],
        [
          "humourless",
          "humourless"
        ],
        [
          "priggish",
          "priggish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poker-faced."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Poker-faced",
          "poker-faced"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) Poker-faced."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression",
      "word": "streng"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression",
      "word": "grimmig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression",
      "word": "mürrisch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Michael Quinion"
  ],
  "word": "po-faced"
}