'Frontispiece' definitions:
Definition of 'frontispiece'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ornamental facade
noun
Front illustration facing the title page of a book
Definition of 'Frontispiece'
From: GCIDE
- Frontispiece \Fron"tis*piece\, n. [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.] The part which first meets the eye; as: (a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.] (b) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frontispiece'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anteriority,
- avant-propos,
- bold front,
- brave face,
- brave front,
- breakthrough,
- display,
- exordium,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- facia,
- fore,
- forefront,
- foreground,
- forehand,
- foreland,
- forepart,
- forequarter,
- foreside,
- foreword,
- front,
- front elevation,
- front man,
- front matter,
- front page,
- front view,
- frontage,
- frontal,
- frontier,
- head,
- heading,
- innovation,
- introduction,
- lap,
- leap,
- obverse,
- overture,
- postulate,
- preamble,
- preface,
- prefix,
- prefixture,
- preliminary,
- prelude,
- premise,
- presupposition,
- priority,
- proem,
- prolegomena,
- prolegomenon,
- prolepsis,
- prologue,
- proscenium,
- protasis,
- verse,
- voluntary,
- window dressing