blackavised

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   archaic: dark-complexioned or swarthy in appearance

   The novel describes a blackavised traveller with dark hair and a weathered face.

An archaic compound of black + a connective vowel + vised, from French vis, 'face,' with -ed. The word literally describes someone 'black-faced' or dark in complexion; blackaviced is an established spelling variant.

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