VISAGE
countenance, visage
(noun) the appearance conveyed by a personās face; āa pleasant countenanceā; āa stern visageā
countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug
(noun) the human face (ākisserā and āsmilerā and āmugā are informal terms for āfaceā and āphizā is British)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
visage (plural visages)
Countenance; appearance; one's face.
Synonym: Thesaurus:countenance
Anagrams
• Veigas
Source: Wiktionary
Vis"age (; 48), n. Etym: [F. visage, from L. visus a seeing, a look, fr. videre, visum, to see. See Vision.]
Definition: 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. Isa. lii. 14. Love and beauty still that visage grace. Waller.
Vis"age (; 48), v. t.
Definition: To face. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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