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physiognomy

[ fiz-ee-og-nuh-mee, -on-uh-mee ]

noun

plural physiognomies.
  1. the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character:

    a fierce physiognomy.

  2. Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, especially of the face.
  3. the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character:

    the physiognomy of a nation.



physiognomy

/ 藢f瑟z瑟藞蓲n蓹m瑟; 藢f瑟z瑟蓹藞n蓲m瑟k /

noun

  1. a person's features or characteristic expression considered as an indication of personality
  2. the art or practice of judging character from facial features
  3. the outward appearance of something, esp the physical characteristics of a geographical region
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • physiognomic, adjective
  • 藢辫丑测蝉颈藞辞驳苍辞尘颈蝉迟, noun
  • 藢辫丑测蝉颈辞驳藞苍辞尘颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫丑测蝉路颈路辞驳路苍辞尘路颈肠 [fiz-ee-og-, nom, -ik, 鈥慹e-, uh, -, nom, 鈥], 辫丑测蝉顎卛路辞驳路苍辞尘顎僫路肠补濒 辫丑测蝉路颈路辞驳路苍辞路尘辞苍路颈肠 [fiz-ee-og-n, uh, -, mon, -ik, 鈥-on-, uh, 鈥], 辫丑测蝉顎卛路辞驳顎卬辞路尘辞苍顎僫路肠补濒 adjective
  • 辫丑测蝉顎卛路辞驳路苍辞尘顎僫路肠补濒路ly 辫丑测蝉顎卛路辞驳顎卬辞路尘辞苍顎僫路肠补濒路ly adverb
  • 辫丑测蝉顎卛路辞驳顎僴辞路尘颈蝉迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of physiognomy1

1350鈥1400; earlier phisognomie, phisiognomie, late Middle English phisonomie < Medieval Latin physionomia, physonomia < Late Greek 辫丑测蝉颈辞驳苍艒尘铆补, syncopated variant of Greek 辫丑测蝉颈辞驳苍艒尘辞苍铆补 art of judging a person by his features ( physio-, gnomon, -y 3 ); replacing Middle English fisenamie, fisnamie, fisnomie < Middle French fisonomie < Medieval Latin, as above; phiz
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of physiognomy1

C14: from Old French phisonomie, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek 辫丑耻蝉颈辞驳苍艒尘颈补, erroneous for Greek 辫丑耻蝉颈辞驳苍艒尘辞苍颈补, from phusis nature + 驳苍艒尘艒苍 judge
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Eliza, who does not seem to belong there at all, is also hot 鈥 hotter than Petey鈥檚 former best friend, for even in cartoons, physiognomy is destiny.

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鈥淎lthough Hall never resorts to a cliched impersonation, his suggestion of Nixon鈥檚 physiognomy is frequently uncanny, especially in profile.鈥

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But a wondrous portrait of one Simon George, a little-known nobleman from Cornwall, displays Holbein鈥檚 incredible ability to forge an individual likeness through both physiognomy and symbols.

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She and Bardem are both miscast, but Kidman is a particularly off fit for Ball, whose physical dexterity and ductile physiognomy, her rubber-band mouth and astonished eyes, are imprinted in our collective brain.

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But I liked his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being at the same time unsettled and inanimate.

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