Excerpt from Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The opposite side of the chamber was ornamented with the full-length portrait of a young lady, arrayed in the faded magnificence of silk, satin, and brocade, and with a visage as faded as her dress.

* Which definition of the word visage best fits the context of the above sentence?

A) a person's face

B) a type of poison

C) a painted portrait

D) a frame of a painting

The correct answer is A) a person's face.

The definition of the word visage that best fits the context of the above sentence is a person's face.

Visage is a French word that means face.

We are referring to a part of the short story called "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," written by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1837. In the story, Dr. Heidegger invites four friends to participate in a mysterious experiment. He possesses sparkling water for the Fountain of the Youth. It is miracle water that makes things younger.

The answer is A

A visage is a person's face. The painting is faded all over, so not only I the lady dress faded, her face is faded too.