visoredvizoredadj.
/ˈvʌɪzəd/, U.S. /ˈvaɪzərd/ 1.
a. Of persons: Having the face covered or hid with a visor or mask. Also figurative, and of things.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [adjective] > to conceal head or face
visoredc1380
in masker1519
in maska1533
muffled1566
vizarded1593
viserneda1599
masked1599
bemasked1620
larvated1623
crape-faced1815
bird-masked1876
stocking-masked1971
ski-masked1976
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 99 Þus in stede of cristis apostlis ben comen in viserid deuelis, to disceyuen men in good lif.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xvi. 4) There is no cause why theis visord Nicodemusses should coker them~selves with this fond pretence.
1637 J. Milton Comus 24 Hast thou betray'd my credulous innocence With visor'd falshood, and base forgerie?
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iv. 220 Martin Mar-prelate, a vizored Knight of those lists, behind whose shield a host of sturdy puritans were supposed to fight.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. xv. 260 There was the enemy hard in front, mailed, vizored, gauntleted.
b. In predicative use. (Cf. visor v.)
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c1460 Wisdom 727 in Macro Plays 59 Here entrethe vj. Jorours..with hodis abowt her neckis, hattis of meyntenance þer-vp-on, vyseryde dyuersly.
a1470 W. Gregory Chron. in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 78 The Schottys came in to Inglonde in to the parke of Stanhope. And ther they were vyseryde for knowynge.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Concl. 339 The lofty brows of stern Clokmore Are visored with the moving cloud.
1830 A. E. Bray Talba II. x. 250 Did you not come, you and your companion, visored and shrouded,..to way-lay our path.
1883 A. C. Swinburne Les Casquettes iii Like heads of the spirits of darkness visored That see not for ever, nor ever have heard.
2.
a. Of a helmet: Furnished with a vizor.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective] > attributes of helmet
beavered1610
quatre-crested1791
nasal1824
combed1825
visored1834
visorless1848
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 136 The improued visored bascinet and camail.
1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden I. 271 A soldier in a vizored helmet.
1898 Archaeol. Jrnl. 55 119 The head-piece, which is a visored salade.
b. Of a cap: peaked.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap
lugged1489
marabas1538
tarfed1545
unbanded1570
high-crowned1598
brimless1615
Phrygian1618
poked1631
round-eared1724
winkered1804
peakless1844
shadeless1852
Mother Hubbard1877
visorless1889
fore and aft1940
visored1950
1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 5 Oct. 15/2 The General left the 'plane, dressed in field jacket and visored, brass~encrusted cap.
1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) ii. 30 The salesman spread out an impressive..array of..red-bound black blazers, visored caps, red bordered black Rugby socks.
1983 P. Chevalier Shaft xvii. 119 He was wearing exquisite yachting whites and a Navy-style visored cap.
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