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Word entry · 6 letters

visage

Best crossword clue

"Person's face"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted aegisvStarts with VEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the appearance conveyed by a person's face

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.

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