metopomancyn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈtɒpəˌmansi/, U.S.

/məˈtɑpəˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s metopomantie, 1600s 1900s– metopomancy.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métopomantie.

Etymology: < French métopomantie (1546 in Middle French; in form métopomancie from 1803; < ancient Greek μέτωπον forehead (see metope n.²) + -mantie : see -mancy comb. form), subsequently re-formed after -mancy comb. form.

Now historical.

Divination by the (lines on the) forehead or face.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by personal appearance > [noun] > by forehead or face

metopomancy1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Metopomantie, (Gr.) a divination by the face, or forehead.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 202 You know how by the Arts of Astrology,..Chiromancy, Metopomancy,..he foretelleth all things to come.

1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic viii. 237 These elaborate systems of divination, with their subdivisions, such as divination by moles on the face, or lines on the forehead (metopomancy), had been set out in many medieval treatises and from Elizabethan times were widely disseminated in printed handbooks.

1982 Renaissance Q. 35 391 The four methods of divination mentioned by Epistemon at the beginning of the chapter (metopomancy, chiromancy, geomancy, astrology).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metopomancy
释义	metopomancyn. Brit. /mᵻˈtɒpəˌmansi/, U.S. /məˈtɑpəˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s metopomantie, 1600s 1900s– metopomancy. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métopomantie. Etymology: < French métopomantie (1546 in Middle French; in form métopomancie from 1803; < ancient Greek μέτωπον forehead (see metope n.²) + -mantie : see -mancy comb. form), subsequently re-formed after -mancy comb. form. Now historical. Divination by the (lines on the) forehead or face. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by personal appearance > [noun] > by forehead or face metopomancy1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Metopomantie, (Gr.) a divination by the face, or forehead. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 202 You know how by the Arts of Astrology,..Chiromancy, Metopomancy,..he foretelleth all things to come. 1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic viii. 237 These elaborate systems of divination, with their subdivisions, such as divination by moles on the face, or lines on the forehead (metopomancy), had been set out in many medieval treatises and from Elizabethan times were widely disseminated in printed handbooks. 1982 Renaissance Q. 35 391 The four methods of divination mentioned by Epistemon at the beginning of the chapter (metopomancy, chiromancy, geomancy, astrology). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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