unvisard

U1N1V4I1S1A1R1D2
/ʌnˈvɪzə(ɹ)d/

verb

To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbunvisard (third-person singular simple present unvisards, present participle unvisarding, simple past and past participle unvisarded)

present singular third person unvisards · participle present unvisarding · participle past unvisarded · past unvisarded · alternative unvizard

  1. obsoleteTo take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.

    Wee know where the ſhoo wrings you, you fret, and are gall’d at the quick, and O what a death it is to the Prelates to be thus un-viſarded, thus unca’sd,^([sic]) to have the Periwigs pluk’t off that cover your baldneſſe, your inſide nakedneſſe thrown open to publick view.

    1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 7

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“unvisard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvisard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unvisard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvisard.

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