visage

UK: /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ US: /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ ,(viz′ij)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

vis•age /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/   n. 

[countable]
1. the face, usually with reference to its shape, features, expression, etc.:
   a sad visage.
2. appearance:
   a ghost town's desolate visage.

See -vis-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

vis•age  (viz′ij), n. 

1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.;
   countenance.
2. aspect;
   appearance.

• Latin vīsum sight, appearance (Vulgar Latin: face), noun, nominal use of neuter past participle of vidēre to see) + -age -age
• Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent. to vis face (
• Middle English 1250–1300

vis′aged, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. physiognomy, image. See face. 

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visage / ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ noun

1. a face or countenance
2. appearance; aspect

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French: aspect, from vis face, from Latin vīsus appearance, from vidēre to see