visaged, a.
(ˈvɪzɪdʒd)
[f. visage n.]
Having a visage of a specified kind.
Frequent (from the 15th c.) as the second element in combs., e.g. black-, close-, double-, grim-, hard-, long-, sharp-visaged: see these adjs.
| 13.. K. Alis. 6351 (Laud MS.), Anoþer folk bisyde is Visaged after hounde I wys. 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass 65 By reason of his sad heavy humor, always stoically visaged. 1612 Two Noble K. v. iii. 52 Arcite is gently visagd. 1638 Mayne Lucian (1664) 132 Before his arrivall he made a linnen head to his Dragon, visaged like a Man, and painted like one. 1865 H. Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. ii. ii. (1868) 153 Christ passes before us visaged in sorrow. 1894 Heslop Northumbld. Wds. 375 Hickory-fyeced, pock⁓marked, ill visaged. |