visage

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
  2. noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

countenance, physiognomy, phiz, kisser, smiler, mug

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