visage
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of visage
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Countenance; one's face.
“Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.”
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noun
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Countenance; one's face.
“Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.”
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The appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.
“Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.”
“[T]he monſter, rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman visage, from Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”), derived from vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision. See -age (“noun suffix”).
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