epileptic
“visage,”
KING LEAR, ii. 2. 76.
Johnson's explanation is, “the frighted countenance of
a man ready to fall in a fit;” but the context shows that it means“visage distorted by grinning.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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