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Visage

//ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Countenance; one's face.

    "Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was."

  2. 2
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face wordnet
  3. 3
    The appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.

    "Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage."

  4. 4
    the human face (‘kisser’ and ‘smiler’ and ‘mug’ are informal terms for ‘face’ and ‘phiz’ is British) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman visage, from Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”), derived from vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision.

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