visage Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
smiler; physiognomy; mug; kisser; countenance; phiz.
noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
countenance.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage

F. visage, from L. visus a seeing, a look, fr. videre, visum, to see. See Vision.

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.