Pronounced: POO-bah, noun
Notes: I’ve heard this word, but had no clue as to the origination of it
Yesterday’s word
The word vizard is “a visor, mask, or disguise”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
Our word is a variant of “visor”, which comes from the Anglo-French word viser, which comes from vis (face), which came from visus (sight), which came from videre (to see).
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