facade /fəˈsɑːd 
/ (also façade) ▸ noun 1 the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space: the house has a half-timbered facade.
2 a deceptive outward appearance: her flawless public facade masked private despair.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century: from French façade, from face ‘face’, on the pattern of Italian facciata.
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