personage
[ pur-suh-nij ]
/ ˈpɜr sə nɪdʒ /
noun
Nearby words
- persona,
- persona grata,
- persona non grata,
- personable,
- personae,
- personal,
- personal care,
- personal column,
- personal computer,
- personal day
Origin of personage
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personage
/ (ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ) /
noun
an important or distinguished person
another word for person (def. 1) a strange personage
rare a figure in literature, history, etc
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personage
mid-15c., "body of a person" (with regard to appearance), from Old French personage "size, stature," also "a dignitary" (13c.), from Medieval Latin personaticum (11c.), from persona (see person). Meaning "a person of high rank or distinction" is attested from c.1500 in English; as a longer way to say person, the word was in use from 1550s (but often slyly ironical, with suggestion that the subject is overly self-important).
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