black-a-vised  (blāk'ə-vīst', -vīzd')  adj. Chiefly British Having a dark complexion. [From dialectal black a vice : black + dialectal a, of, on (probably from French à, from Old French, from Latin ad, to, on; see ad-) + vice, face (from Old French vis, face, from Latin vīsus, past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots).] |
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