vizard

English

Alternative forms

• vizzard

Etymology

An alteration of visor by confusion of the ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪzəd/

Noun

vizard (plural vizards)

1. (archaic) A mask worn to disguise or protect the face.

   A grotesque vizard. -Sir W. Scott

   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

2. A pretense

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