black-a-vised

[From dialectal black a vice : BLACK + dialectal a, of, on (probably from French à , from Old French , from Latin ad, to, on; see ad-) + vice, face (from Old French vis, face , from Latin vīsus, past participle of vidēre, to see).]

adjective

Of a complexion tending toward brown or black: bistered, brunet, dark, dusky, swarthy. See colors/colorless.