vizard

or vis·ard

[ viz-erd ]

noun
  1. Archaic. a mask or visor.

Origin of vizard

1
1545–55; variant of visor; see -ard

Other words from vizard

  • viz·ard·ed, adjective
  • un·viz·ard·ed, adjective

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How to use vizard in a sentence

  • He looks as pale as the visard of the ghost which cries so miserably at the Theatre, like an oyster-wife, "Hamlet, revenge!"

    Shakespearean Playhouses | Joseph Quincy Adams
  • A vizor (also spelt visor, visard, vizard) is a mask, “a false face.”

    Milton's Comus | John Milton

British Dictionary definitions for vizard

vizard

/ (ˈvɪzəd) /


noun
  1. archaic, or literary a means of disguise; mask; visor

Origin of vizard

1
C16: variant of visor

Derived forms of vizard

  • vizarded, adjective

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