visage

 
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/

noun

literary
  • a person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features: an elegant, angular visage
  • a person’s facial expression: there was something hidden behind his visage of cheerfulness

Derivatives

visaged

adjective
[in combination]: a stern-visaged old man

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin visus 'sight', from videre 'to see'