black-a-visedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Scots blackaviced, blackavised, from black + euphonic -a- (perhaps after blackamoor) + French vis (“face”) + -ed.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈblakəvʌɪzd/

形容詞

blackavised (comparative more blackavised, superlative most blackavised)

1. Dark-complexioned; swarthy
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre:

     I would advise her black a-viced suitor to look out.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 652:

     They are black-avised as warlocks and wear their black cowls with formality and disdain.