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physioˈgnomical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Pertaining to, dealing with, or skilled in physiognomy; indicative of character.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. viii. 43 b, Divers physionomicall conjectures, as that of Martiall. Crine ruber, niger ore, brevis pede. 1644Bulwer Chirol. 72 Hence Physiognomicall Philosophers..doe easily discerne the differences. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. vi. 113 Had the physiognomical predicter examined the two portraits..he might have augured a happier fate. 1840Carlyle Heroes iii. (1858) 264 All that a man does is physiognomical of him.
2. Of or pertaining to the face or form (properly) as an index of character, but often used simply in reference to personal appearance. (In quot. 1815 earlier term for phrenological.)
1811Lamb Danger Confound. Mor. w. Personal Deformity, To distinguish between that physiognomical deformity which I am willing to grant always accompanies crime, and mere physical ugliness. 1812R. H. in Examiner 28 Dec. 828/1 The analogy..that appears between the physiognomical and intellectual..character. 1815(title) The Physiognomical System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, founded on an..Examination of the Nervous System in general, and of the Brain in particular. [transl. of French ed. 1810] 1861Times 16 Oct., Certain original physiognomical types peculiar to himself.
Hence physioˈgnomically adv., in a physiognomical manner; according to the rules of physiognomy; as regards characteristic features.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 640 The one and other are thus Physiognomically described by the Poet. 1797Coleridge Wks. (1893) p. xxxiv. note, My eyes, eyebrows, and forehead are physiognomically good. 1854Blackw. Mag. LXXVI. 521 County differed from county physiognomically. 1882Academy 14 Jan. 24/3 A charmingly etched and evidently characteristic portrait..confirms physiognomically the popular estimate of his character. |