superficies

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He’s the king of superficies: you fall in love with his Puppy immediately, involuntarily, unironically.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2014

“You cannot stop the superficies of objects from evaporation,” he said.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

His sketches are remarkable for their strenuous sincerity—their search after the right attitude, their serious effort to hit the precise line wanted, their suggested movement and seizure of life in the superficies.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo

He is the mask without the face, and there isn't in his total superficies a tiny point of vantage for the newspaper to flap his wings on.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

The whole superficies of these shoals is equal to about one-third of the whole extent of England and Scotland.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir