vizard

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Definition of vizard in English English dictionary

A pretense

To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law. - John Milton.

A mask worn to disguise or protect the face

There, then, that vizard, that superfluous case, that hid the worse and show'd the better face.-- Shakespeare, Love's Labors Lost V.ii.387.

{n} a mask to disguise the face

{v} to mask

{i} mask; visor, part of helmet which protects the face (Archaic)

A mask; a visor

Hyphenation

viz·ard

Etymology

() An alteration of visor by confusion of the ending.