† metoposcopistn.

Forms: 1500s metaposcopiste, 1500s–1600s metaposophist, 1600s–1800s metoposcopist.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin metōposcopus , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin metōposcopus ( < Hellenistic Greek μετωποσκόπος < ancient Greek μέτωπον forehead (see metope n.²) + -σκόπος : see -scope comb. form) + -ist suffix. Compare Middle French métoposcope (1578). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metopǫ·skŏpist) /mɛtəʊˈpɒskəpɪst/.

Obsolete.

A person who is skilled in metoposcopy.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [noun] > analysis of face or forehead > practitioner of

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1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij The Anatomistes will restore to you, some part:..The Metaposcopistes, some.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 188 Which way go the Physiognomists, Metoposcopists, and Chiromantists to work.

1885 Macalister in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 4/1 Apion speaks of the metoposcopists who judge by the appearance of the face.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metoposcopist
释义	† metoposcopistn. Forms: 1500s metaposcopiste, 1500s–1600s metaposophist, 1600s–1800s metoposcopist. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin metōposcopus , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin metōposcopus ( < Hellenistic Greek μετωποσκόπος < ancient Greek μέτωπον forehead (see metope n.²) + -σκόπος : see -scope comb. form) + -ist suffix. Compare Middle French métoposcope (1578). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metopǫ·skŏpist) /mɛtəʊˈpɒskəpɪst/. Obsolete. A person who is skilled in metoposcopy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [noun] > analysis of face or forehead > practitioner of metoposcoper1569 metoposcopist1570 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij The Anatomistes will restore to you, some part:..The Metaposcopistes, some. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 188 Which way go the Physiognomists, Metoposcopists, and Chiromantists to work. 1885 Macalister in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 4/1 Apion speaks of the metoposcopists who judge by the appearance of the face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1570
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