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visage

[ viz-ij ]

noun

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


visage

/ ˈvɪzɪdʒ /

noun

  1. face or countenance
  2. appearance; aspect


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Other Words From

  • visaged adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of visage1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to vis “face” (from Latin vīsus “sight, appearance” ( Vulgar Latin: “face”), noun use of masculine past participle of vidēre “to see”) + -age -age. See wit 2( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of visage1

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

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Synonym Study

See face.

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Example Sentences

An app called Reface, for example, lets them switch visages with another person—a popular TikTok hobby.

Use sharp angles to keep your visage out of frame or shrouded in shadow, or shoot with a bright flash in a mirror, for example.

The Kowalskis worked alongside Ross and his second wife, Jane, to build an artistic empire that includes paints and brushes bearing Ross’s name and visage.

Today, presidents’ faces stare out from this now-solidified magma, those ancient oceanic sediments sitting just below the visage of George Washington.

If moving to the country for the sake of a wrinkle-free visage is not a viable option, a gentle cleanser twice a day is all you need.

The cans were printed with his smiling visage and the words “good person.”

Here, instead of verbalizing her emotions, Winslet oozes dread via her broken-down visage, and slight mannerisms.

A stay-at-home California mom named Kira Davis was a smiling visage with a dead-serious question.

Krugman does raise the amusing question of whose visage should appear on such a coin, if minted.

LaPierre paused in his sermon and assumed the long-suffering visage of a saint.

A threatening denunciation was in his visage, as he advanced with his staff of office towards his prisoner.

Un Vieillard.Jeune fille au riant visage,Que cherches-tu sous cet ombrage?

As many have been astonished at thee, so shall his visage be inglorious among men, and his form among the sons of men.

Gwynne made a wry face as he sat down before the dressing-table that he might reflect his visage while he brushed his hair.

Thou hast now knowen and ataynt the doutous or double visage of thilke blinde goddesse Fortune.

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