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vizard

noun
/ˈvɪzəd/

Etymology

An alteration of visor by confusion of the ending.

Definitions

  1. A mask (cover for the face, used for disguise, protection, etc.)

    • There, then, that vizard, that superfluous case That hid the worse and show’d the better face.

  2. A visor (part of a helmet covering the face).

  3. Outward appearance

    Outward appearance; pretense.

    • Oh, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, And with a virtuous vizard hide foul guile!
    • In all Revolutions of Government, he would make his Court for the Office of Hangman General; and in the Exercise of that Dignity, wherein he was very dextrous, would make use of no other Vizard than a long Prayer.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative spelling of visard (“type of mask”).

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA