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black-a-vised
(blăk′ə-vīst′, -vīzd′)adj.Chiefly British
Having a dark complexion.
[From dialectalblack a vice :black + dialectala,of, on (probably from Frenchà, from Old French, from Latinad,to, on; see ad-) +vice,face (from Old Frenchvis,face, from Latinvīsus, past participle ofvidēre,to see; seeweid- inIndo-European roots).]
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