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physiognomy
n noun (plural physiognomies)
1 a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.
2 the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics.
DERIVATIVES
physiognomic adjective
physiognomical adjective
physiognomically adverb
physiognomist noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French phisonomie, via medieval Latin from Greek phusiognomonia 'judging of a man's nature (by his features)', based on gnomon 'judge or interpreter'.
I learned it years ago from a Worse Korea tv show and it never left.
n noun (plural physiognomies)
1 a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.
2 the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics.
DERIVATIVES
physiognomic adjective
physiognomical adjective
physiognomically adverb
physiognomist noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French phisonomie, via medieval Latin from Greek phusiognomonia 'judging of a man's nature (by his features)', based on gnomon 'judge or interpreter'.
I learned it years ago from a Worse Korea tv show and it never left.