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Meaning of "phiz" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHIZ

Colloquial shortening of physiognomy.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHIZ

phiz  [fɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHIZ

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phiz is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHIZ MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phiz

Hablot Knight Browne

Hablot Knight Browne was an English artist, famous as Phiz, illustrator of books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth.

Definition of phiz in the English dictionary

The definition of phiz in the dictionary is the face or a facial expression.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHIZ

philosophisation
philosophiser
philosophism
philosophist
philosophistic
philosophization
philosophize
philosophizer
philosophizing
philosophy
philoxenia
philter
philtra
philtre
philtrum
phimosis
phimotic
phishing
phisnomy
phizog

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHIZ

biz
Cadiz
capiz
chiz
gee whiz
gee-whiz
hafiz
jiz
Kirghiz
Kyrghiz
pop quiz
quiz
Schweiz
showbiz
Tabriz
trivia quiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz
viz
whiz
wiz

Synonyms and antonyms of phiz in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phiz» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHIZ

Find out the translation of phiz to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phiz from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phiz» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

PHIZ
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Phiz
570 millions of speakers

English

phiz
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हुलिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Phiz
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phiz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুখাকৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

binette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phiz
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Visage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フィズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

PHIZ
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phiz
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vẻ mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phiz
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Phiz
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

surat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phiz
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Phiz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Phiz
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phiz
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phiz
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smoel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phiz
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phiz
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phiz

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHIZ»

The term «phiz» is regularly used and occupies the 87.615 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHIZ» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phiz» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phiz» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phiz

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHIZ»

Discover the use of phiz in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phiz and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phiz: The Man Who Drew Dickens
Based on a mass of unpublished material, this enchanting book, packed with surprising and delicious illustrations, is a perfect present for all who love Dickens and enjoy the hidden byways of Victorian life.
Valerie Lester, 2011
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Phiz and Dickens As They Appeared to Edgar Browne, with ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edgar Browne, 2010
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One of them, with illustr. by Phiz
Charles James Lever. One of them, with illustr. by Phiz Charles James Lever One of them, with illustr. by Phiz Charles James Lever Front Cover.
Charles James Lever, 1862
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The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914
Phiz, to call Hablot K. Browne by the name by which he is remembered, has until recently been poorly served by scholars and critics. The one ostensible biography devoted to him is singularly lacking in documentary information, and no one ...
Gordon Norton Ray, 1976
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Who's Who in Dickens
... and Smike by Hablot K. Browne Figure 22 Merry Pecksniff, old Martin Chuzzlewit, Charity Pecksniff, and Mr Pecksniff by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) Figure 23 John Westlock, Tom Pinch, and Ruth Pinch by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) Figure 24 Joe ...
Donald Hawes, 2013
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Illustration
DICKENS AND PHIZ All this may seem a long way from the question of illustrations for novels. I turn now to an example of that, the etchings on steel by ' Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne) for Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers. The example is ...
Joseph Hillis Miller, 1992
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A Companion to Charles Dickens
This schema is caught by Phiz in plate after plate: the monolithic “bourgeois ego” of Pickwick, standing on his dignity, isolated from and harried by “the people” with their laughter and “brimming-over abundance” of vitality. Once caught, he ...
David Paroissien, 2008
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Multi-image design and production
Tells you everything you need to know to create one-, two-, and three-projector productions, and prepares you to tackle larger projects.
Phiz Mezey, 1988
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Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators
11 (June, 1915): 152-53, and Arthur Allchin, "An Illustrator of Dickens: Hablot Knight Browne ('Phiz')," p. 393. 255. See Allchin, p. 393; Browne, p. 269; M. H. Spielmann, The History of 'Punch,' p. 451; and Richard G. G. Price, A History of Punch ...
Jane R. Cohen, 1980
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Phiz Illustrations from the Novels of Charles Dickens
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Albert Johannsen, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHIZ»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phiz is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stampede store decorating always gets city in the spirit
Staff members Angela Lewis (left) and Dr. Jan Stalwick, along with Phiz, a Boston terrier, are pictured in the clinic reception area Monday ... «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»
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Stephen Jarvis Makes a Dickensian Debut With 'Death and Mr …
... Pickwick Papers”—which was originally published in serial form—only arrived after Seymour's death, by which time it was illustrated by “Phiz. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
3
The Genius Cycle
In appearance, he resembled no one so much as Mr. Pickwick as pictured by Phiz: roly-poly, bespectacled, emphatically ordinary, genial but ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
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On this day: IRA bomb in centre of Manchester
Births: 1563 George Heriot, jeweller, goldsmith and benefactor; 1815 Hablot Knight Browne, artist and illustrator (Phiz); 1843 Edvard Grieg, ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
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Death and Mr Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis review – an impeccably …
... as the serial didn't take off until No 4, which introduced Mr Pickwick's aide-de-camp, Sam Weller, and featured the distinctive artwork of Phiz. «The Guardian, May 15»
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Lord Lexden: “Dizzy married me for my money. But he would do it …
In calmer moments he sent her dreadful doggerel verses, including one about “poor Diz/ With a second rate phiz/ and all I can do/Is to love you ... «Conservative Home, May 15»
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by: Public works: KITTY HAUSER
He has taken off his glasses the better to see you with, revealing a bushrangerish phiz and slightly bulging eyes. His gaze is tilted but direct, ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
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Top Tullett Prebon staff bonuses to be tied to targets
Hundreds exit Tullett in cost-cutting year · Meet 'Phiz': Tullett Prebon's new chief executive. Phizackerley was awarded a bonus of £536,667, ... «Financial News, Apr 15»
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How artists changed Britain's perception of the Great Hunger
... to work with the best including George Cruikshank, and the wonderfully named Hablot Knight Browne, who drew under the name Phiz. «Galway Advertiser, Mar 15»
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Run All Night — film review
His battered phiz and molten voice are becoming operatic. Think of Rigoletto, then mentally rewrite Verdi's plot for a New York-set gangland ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»

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