Vizard

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪzÉ™d/

Alternative forms

• vizzard

Origin

An alteration of visor by confusion of the ending.

Full definition of vizard

Noun

1. (archaic) A mask worn to disguise or protect the face.A grotesque vizard. -Sir W. ScottThere, 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 pretenseTo mislead and betray them under the vizard of law. - John Milton