/frun"tis pees', fron"-/ , n.
1. an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
2. Archit. a façade, or a part or feature of a façade, often highlighted by ornamentation.
[ 1590-1600; alter. (conformed to PIECE) of earlier frontispice frontispicium, equiv. to L fronti- FRONT + -spicium (comb. form repr. specere to look at) ]