Definition of "long-visaged" [long-visaged]

• Having a long face; hence, having a sober, sad, or rueful face or visage.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "They are long-visaged, and of a very unpleasing aspect, having no one graceful feature in their faces."
• "The face of the _blasé_ theatre-goer shines when his play is announced for the evening; and even the long-visaged critic, fond of talking of the _décadence_ of the modern stage, has been known to appear punctually in his seat when Tom Taylor's play was to lead off the performance."
• "Look at plants that grow without sun, -- wan, pale, long-visaged, holding feeble, imploring hands of supplication towards the light."