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单词 phiz
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phizn.

Brit. /fɪz/, U.S. /fɪz/
Forms: 1600s phis, 1600s–1700s phys, 1600s–1800s fiz, 1600s– phiz, 1600s– phyz, 1700s–1800s phizz.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: physiognomy n.
Etymology: Shortened < physiognomy n. (compare β. forms at that entry). Compare later fizzog n.
colloquial. Now somewhat archaic.
A face or facial expression; countenance.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun]
leera700
nebeOE
onseneeOE
wlitec950
anlethOE
nebshaftc1225
snouta1300
facec1300
visage1303
semblantc1315
vicea1325
cheera1350
countenance1393
front1398
fashiona1400
visurec1400
physiognomyc1425
groina1500
faxa1522
favour1525
facies1565
visor1575
complexiona1616
frontispiecea1625
mun1667
phiz1687
mug1708
mazard1725
physiog1791
dial plate1811
fizzog1811
jiba1825
dial1837
figurehead1840
Chevy Chase1859
mooey1859
snoot1861
chivvy1889
clock1899
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mush1902
pan1920
kisser1938
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1687 H. Higden Mod. Ess. 10th Satyr Juvenal 27 Oh had you then his Figure seen, With what a rueful Phis and meine.
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 71 Indeed your Magnanimous Phyz is samewhat disfigur'd by it, Captain.
1714 R. A. Hunter Monoropolis iii. iv. 26 Fizle's Phiz always gives me the Chollick.
1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 155 Savour'd in talk, in dress, and phyz, More of another World than this.
1774 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 21 Grave phizes are grinned out of countenance.
1825 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 1 Oct. 57/1 It is a sensible, commanding, and respectable nose..such as you see on the phizzes of our old-fashioned gentry.
1827 R. Cobbold Valentine Verses 217 Such (shall I call them gentlemen?) there are,..who strut and quiz, And deem themselves of admirable fiz.
1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 25 And her painted, tainted phiz.
1903 H. Keller Story of my Life i. xxii. 85 He has a long pedigree, a crooked tail, and the drollest ‘phiz’ in dogdom.
1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle (1937) ii. 70 Us wants the scut of 'ee; that's what us wants, and never to see your ugly phyz no more!
1997 Entertainm. Weekly 11 July 42/1 He endures some surgical magic to have his face temporarily removed, replaced with the phiz of his supposedly brain-dead nemesis.

Compounds

phiz-maker n. Obsolete a person who grimaces or makes faces.
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1742 J. Yarrow Love at First Sight Prol. Mass John the Phiz-Maker with zealous Cant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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