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vis⋅age

  [viz-ij]
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–noun
1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
2. aspect; appearance.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF, equiv. to vis face (< L vīsum sight, appearance (VL: face), n. use of neut. ptp. of vidēre to see) + -age -age

Related forms:
visaged, adjective

Synonyms:
1. physiognomy, image. See face.
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vis·age   (vĭz'ĭj)   
n.  

  1. The face or facial expression of a person; countenance.

  2. Appearance; aspect: the bleak visage of winter.


[Middle English, from Old French, from vis, from Latin vīsus, appearance, from past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

visage 
1303, from O.Fr. visage, from vis "face, appearance," from L. visus "a look, vision," from pp. stem of videre "to see" (see vision). Visagiste "make-up artist" is recorded from 1958, from Fr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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