VISAGE


Meaning of VISAGE in English

ˈviz]ij, ]ēj sometimes -is noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from vis face (from Latin visus sight, vision, from visus, past participle of vidēre to see) + -age — more at wit

1.

a. : the front part of the human head

black hair … generally, rather handsome visage — Charles Dickens

b. : the corresponding part of the head of a lower animal

the pebble-smooth visage of a tortoise — Books of the Month

2.

a. : a cast of features that express emotion or character : expression of countenance

a monstrous little man … with the visage of a thief — Jean Stafford

puts on a smiling visage for the occasion

b. : appearance , look , aspect

the grimy, gloomy visage of the mining town

3. : visible surface — used especially of the sun or moon

fair moon … stoop thy pale visage through an amber cloud — John Milton

4. obsolete : outward show : semblance

others … trimmed in forms and visages of duty keep yet their hearts attending on themselves — Shakespeare

Synonyms: see face

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