visage

[ viz-ij ]

noun

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

visage

/ ˈvɪzɪdʒ /

noun

1. face or countenance
2. appearance; aspect

Other Words From

• visaged adjective

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of visage¹

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

Synonym Study

See face.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• countenance