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fa⋅cade

  [fuh-sahd, fa-]
–noun
1. Architecture.
a. the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one.
b. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
2. a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth.
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Origin:
1650–60; < F < Upper It faciada, It facciata, equiv. to facci(a) face + -ata -ade 1
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fa·çade also fa·cade   (fə-säd')   
n.  

  1. The face of a building, especially the principal face.

  2. An artificial or deceptive front: ideological slogans that were a façade for geopolitical power struggles.


[French, from Italian facciata, from faccia, face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faciēs; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

facade 
1656, from Fr. façade, It. facciata, from faccia "face," from V.L. *facia (see face).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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