visage

[ viz-ij ]
/ ˈvɪz ɪdʒ /
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noun

the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
aspect; appearance.

Origin of visage

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to vis face (< Latin vīsum sight, appearance (Vulgar Latin: face), noun use of neuter past participle of vidēre to see) + -age -age

OTHER WORDS FROM visage

vis·aged, adjective

Words nearby visage

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Words related to visage

countenance, features, mien, face, aspect, expression, look

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British Dictionary definitions for visage

visage
/ (ˈvɪzɪdʒ) /

noun mainly literary

face or countenance
appearance; aspect

Word Origin for visage

C13: from Old French: aspect, from vis face, from Latin vīsus appearance, from vidēre to see