visage
pronunciation
How to pronounce visage in British English:
UK [ˈvɪzɪdʒ]
How to pronounce visage in American English:
US [ˈvɪzɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
- the appearance conveyed by a person's face
Word Origin
- visage (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French and Old French visage "face, coutenance; portrait," from vis "face, appearance," from Latin visus "a look, vision," from past participle stem of videre "to see" (see vision). Visagiste "make-up artist" is recorded from 1958, from French.
Example
- 1. Another economic mess looms on the horizon-one with a great wrinkled visage .
- 2. In the 19th century , she fascinated spectators as part of a traveling circus , dancing and singing in clothes that showed off her hairy visage and limbs .
- 3. Travel the country and you 'll see the hong kong native 's handsome visage hawking electric bikes , anti-virus software , even frozen dumplings .
- 4. The waitress knew something was funny with the money : instead of the portly visage of ben franklin , it was the star of the $ 5 bill , abe lincoln , who was staring back at her .
- 5. But many of the sightseers at tiananmen on thursday afternoon were recent arrivals from the hinterlands - among millions of migrants who leave the countryside to flock to china 's cities this year - and they seemed to gaze upon mao 's visage with a sense of awe , not of irony .