Definition of "visnomy" []

• Face, countenance; physiognomy (noun)

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• "No doubt he saw in his memory's eye the majestic nose of my aunt, and my "visnomy" under the effect of such a contrast must have looked comical enough, by way of a tragic mask."
• "Quoth another, “And never did I see aught fouler than his favour or more hideous than his visnomy.”"
• "Privately, one studies his own ill-modeled visnomy to see if by any chance it bespeaks the emotions he inwardly feels."