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🎭 A face mask 🎭 To disguise 😶 A false front
vizard

vizard

9.9
A mask that covers the face, often worn at fancy parties
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : máscara
  • He hid his expression behind a colorful vizard during the festive celebration.

Examples

  • England: Silk inside and black velvet outside, this rare 16th-century vizard.

    Academic text (2011)

  • At the masquerade ball, she wore a stunning vizard made of delicate lace and adorned with feathers.

  • The actors donned their vizards before stepping onto the stage to perform their roles.

Synonyms

mask
vsvizard
659 1.0

A covering worn on the face to hide, protect, or decorate it

is an older term focused on masquerade use rather than general coverings
disguise
vsvizard
160 3.7

Clothes or things you wear to hide who you are

is a narrower term for a physical face covering rather than broader hiding methods
domino
vsvizard
  • Archaic
8 9.9

A loose cloak and mask worn at a masquerade to hide your identity

is only the face-covering term not the accompanying cloak
masque
vsvizard
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A decorative mask worn at a party or on stage to hide the face

is an older word used mainly for historical masquerade face coverings
false face
vsvizard
1 7.2

A mask worn to hide the face at a costume party

is an old-fashioned label rather than the physical costume piece

How Covering

visor
7 8.0
vizard
  • Archaic
9.9
half mask
1 4.0
eye mask
2 2.1

Surface Forms

vizard singular
vizards plural

Etymology

Vizard comes from an old French word for 'face', the same root as visor and visage. It originally meant a mask that covers the face, which is why a vizard is a face-covering mask used at balls and in old plays.