physiognomicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌfɪzɪəˈnɒmᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌfɪziəˈnɑmək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s phisionomicall, 1500s phisnomicall, 1500s–1600s physiognomicall, 1600s physiognomicall, 1600s– physiognomical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin physiognomicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin physiognomicus physiognomic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier physiognomic adj.The work cited in quot. 1815 at sense 1b is Gaspar Spurzheim's original publication, written in English; his earlier collaboration (in French) with F. J. Gall was entitled Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux (1810–13, completed by Gall alone in 1819).

a. Of or relating to the face or other physical characteristics as an index of character; indicative of character. Also: gen. designating a person's physical appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [adjective] > as index of character

physiognomical1577

physiognomic1755

physiognomonic1755

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Kiv Wholy to shade that phisnomicall face of theirs with a large silken or lawne skarffe.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie 188 There are other Physiognomical signs, whose Prognostications are Physical, and relate to Physical Resolutions.

1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 233 Describing the differences of Complexions, with Physiognomical signs thence ariseing.

1792 Beauties Biogr. I. Pref. p. vi Ages, as well as Nations, have their different complexions; nor are the shades of mind, less curiously and progressively diversified, than those of cutaneous tint and physiognomical expression.

1811 C. Lamb in Reflector Mar. 429 To distinguish between that physiognomical deformity which I am willing to grant always accompanies crime, and mere physical ugliness.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 172 All that a man does is physiognomical of him.

1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path iv. 39 He saw Peter..change his little mass of features into a physiognomical interjection, and give two or three emphatic forward dodges of his head.

1948 J. Rosenberg Rembrandt I. i. 9 The numerous portraits of members of Rembrandt's family are primarily physiognomical studies.

1981 P. van Greenaway ‘Cassandra’ Bell i. 7 The face is..shorn of those physiognomical stigmas we tend to brush into our preconceptual images of a Victorian spinster.

2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 June 19 Sherman's physiognomical contortions are sometimes reminiscent of the ‘character studies’ the maverick sculptor F X Messerschmidt made in the late 18th century.

†b. Phrenological. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1815 G. Spurzheim (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.

2. Relating to or concerned with the knowledge or study of physiognomy; skilled in physiognomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > characteristic or distinguishing

distinctive1583

physiognomical1588

specifical1621

specific1649

diagnostic1650

distinguishable1665

specific1667

physiognomonical1668

well-characterized1672

specifying1675

distinguishing1687

determinative1697

physiognomonic1755

marking1795

featurelya1834

typical1850

characterizing1870

trademark1943

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [adjective]

physiognomical1588

physiognomistical1651

physiognomonical1668

physiognomic1755

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. viii. f. 43^v Divers physionomicall [1588 variant copy (STC 11344) phisiognomicall] conjectures, as that of Martiall. Crine ruber, niger ore, brevis pede.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 72 Hence Physiognomicall Philosophers..doe easily discerne the differences.

1707 J. Stevens tr. J. de Avila Evening's Intrigue iii, in Spanish Libertines 208 My Friend is none of those Astrological Mountebanks, or Physiognomical Quacks.

1751 tr. J. Pernetti Philos. Lett. Pref. p. xxiii Being of a communicative Temper, and possibly not altogether free from Vanity, I could not conceal my physiognomical talents.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 113 Had the physiognomical predicter examined the two portraits..he might have augured a happier fate.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. xxii. 273 It is singular enough that my renewed ardour for philology seems to have been brought about indirectly by my physiognomical researches.

1911 L. Hourticq Art in France iii. iii. 422 Dagnan-Bouveret has gone even further, bringing the physiognomical research of a Leonardo to bear upon his rustic models.

1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Oct. 38 (advt.) The ways authors use physiognomical ideas to render the world ‘hyper-significant’ pose fundamental questions about the nature of narrative itself.

Derivatives

physioˈgnomically adv. with regard to, or according to the rules of physiognomy; in terms of physical appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [adverb] > as index of character

physiognomically1608

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 67 The one and other are thus physiognomically described by the Poet.

1797 S. T. Coleridge Wks. (1893) p. xxxiv (note) My eyes, eyebrows, and forehead are physiognomically good.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 521 County differed from county physiognomically.

1919 Jrnl. Ecol. 7 163 They [sc. Leguminosae] form a large proportion of the high forest, and as they are nearly all nyctitropic they are important physiognomically.

2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 29 May 31 A remarkable achievement for a likeable but gawky young man who still lives with mom and dad and is so physiognomically challenged.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physiognomical
释义	physiognomicaladj. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪəˈnɒmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌfɪziəˈnɑmək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s phisionomicall, 1500s phisnomicall, 1500s–1600s physiognomicall, 1600s physiognomicall, 1600s– physiognomical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin physiognomicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin physiognomicus physiognomic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier physiognomic adj.The work cited in quot. 1815 at sense 1b is Gaspar Spurzheim's original publication, written in English; his earlier collaboration (in French) with F. J. Gall was entitled Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux (1810–13, completed by Gall alone in 1819). 1. a. Of or relating to the face or other physical characteristics as an index of character; indicative of character. Also: gen. designating a person's physical appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [adjective] > as index of character physiognomical1577 physiognomic1755 physiognomonic1755 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Kiv Wholy to shade that phisnomicall face of theirs with a large silken or lawne skarffe. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie 188 There are other Physiognomical signs, whose Prognostications are Physical, and relate to Physical Resolutions. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 233 Describing the differences of Complexions, with Physiognomical signs thence ariseing. 1792 Beauties Biogr. I. Pref. p. vi Ages, as well as Nations, have their different complexions; nor are the shades of mind, less curiously and progressively diversified, than those of cutaneous tint and physiognomical expression. 1811 C. Lamb in Reflector Mar. 429 To distinguish between that physiognomical deformity which I am willing to grant always accompanies crime, and mere physical ugliness. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 172 All that a man does is physiognomical of him. 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path iv. 39 He saw Peter..change his little mass of features into a physiognomical interjection, and give two or three emphatic forward dodges of his head. 1948 J. Rosenberg Rembrandt I. i. 9 The numerous portraits of members of Rembrandt's family are primarily physiognomical studies. 1981 P. van Greenaway ‘Cassandra’ Bell i. 7 The face is..shorn of those physiognomical stigmas we tend to brush into our preconceptual images of a Victorian spinster. 2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 June 19 Sherman's physiognomical contortions are sometimes reminiscent of the ‘character studies’ the maverick sculptor F X Messerschmidt made in the late 18th century. †b. Phrenological. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1815 G. Spurzheim (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. 2. Relating to or concerned with the knowledge or study of physiognomy; skilled in physiognomy. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > characteristic or distinguishing distinctive1583 physiognomical1588 specifical1621 specific1649 diagnostic1650 distinguishable1665 specific1667 physiognomonical1668 well-characterized1672 specifying1675 distinguishing1687 determinative1697 physiognomonic1755 marking1795 featurelya1834 typical1850 characterizing1870 trademark1943 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [adjective] physiognomical1588 physiognomistical1651 physiognomonical1668 physiognomic1755 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. viii. f. 43^v Divers physionomicall [1588 variant copy (STC 11344) phisiognomicall] conjectures, as that of Martiall. Crine ruber, niger ore, brevis pede. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 72 Hence Physiognomicall Philosophers..doe easily discerne the differences. 1707 J. Stevens tr. J. de Avila Evening's Intrigue iii, in Spanish Libertines 208 My Friend is none of those Astrological Mountebanks, or Physiognomical Quacks. 1751 tr. J. Pernetti Philos. Lett. Pref. p. xxiii Being of a communicative Temper, and possibly not altogether free from Vanity, I could not conceal my physiognomical talents. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 113 Had the physiognomical predicter examined the two portraits..he might have augured a happier fate. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. xxii. 273 It is singular enough that my renewed ardour for philology seems to have been brought about indirectly by my physiognomical researches. 1911 L. Hourticq Art in France iii. iii. 422 Dagnan-Bouveret has gone even further, bringing the physiognomical research of a Leonardo to bear upon his rustic models. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Oct. 38 (advt.) The ways authors use physiognomical ideas to render the world ‘hyper-significant’ pose fundamental questions about the nature of narrative itself. Derivatives physioˈgnomically adv. with regard to, or according to the rules of physiognomy; in terms of physical appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [adverb] > as index of character physiognomically1608 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 67 The one and other are thus physiognomically described by the Poet. 1797 S. T. Coleridge Wks. (1893) p. xxxiv (note) My eyes, eyebrows, and forehead are physiognomically good. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 521 County differed from county physiognomically. 1919 Jrnl. Ecol. 7 163 They [sc. Leguminosae] form a large proportion of the high forest, and as they are nearly all nyctitropic they are important physiognomically. 2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 29 May 31 A remarkable achievement for a likeable but gawky young man who still lives with mom and dad and is so physiognomically challenged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1577
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