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   visage

   /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features: literary "an elegant, angular visage"
   • ▪ a person's facial expression: literary "there was something hidden behind his visage of cheerfulness"
   • ▪ the manifestation, image, or aspect of something: literary "the moonlit visage of the port's whitewashed buildings"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin visus ‘sight’, from videre ‘to see’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. visaged adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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