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Definition
the human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British);
or: the appearance conveyed by a person's face
or: the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- I travelled only at night, fearful of encountering the visage of a human being.Chapter 16 (47% in)
- The physician came and prescribed medicines, and the old woman prepared them for me; but utter carelessness was visible in the first, and the expression of brutality was strongly marked in the visage of the second.Chapter 21 (41% in)
There are no more uses of "visage" in Frankenstein.
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