Visage

[visĀ·age]

Visage is a literary term for referring to someone's face or facial features. You may notice that some face creams use the word visage to try to sound fancier than they are.

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The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

Noun
the appearance conveyed by a person''s face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"

Noun
the human face (`kisser'' and `smiler'' and `mug'' are informal terms for `face'' and `phiz'' is British)


n.
The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

v. t.
To face.


Visage

Vis"age (?; 48), n. [F. visage, from L. visus a seeing, a look, fr. videre, visum, to see. See Vision.] The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face. Chaucer. "A visage of demand." Shak.
His visage was so marred more than any man.
Love and beauty still that visage grace.

Visage

Vis"age (?; 48), v. t. To face. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

To face.

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