physiognomicsn.

Brit.

/ˌfɪzɪəˈnɒmɪks/, U.S.

/ˌfɪziəˈnɑmɪks/

Forms: 1700s physiognomicks, 1700s– physiognomics.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: physiognomic adj.

Etymology: < physiognomic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare post-classical Latin Physiognomica (1679 in the passage translated in quot. 1684).

Now chiefly historical.

Originally: †facial or physical characteristics taken as indicative of character, personality, etc. (obsolete). Later: the art or practice of judging character from facial or physical characteristics; = physiognomy n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

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

physiognomya1393

physiognomics1704

physiognomistry1708

physiognomonics1858

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

physiognomyc1425

visnomy1509

character1610

physiognomics1704

physiog1791

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 230 Physiognomica [L. Physiognomica] are Signs whereby we conjecture something by the Countenance.]

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Physiognomicks,..a Term used by some Physicians and Naturalists for such Signs as are taken from the Countenance of Persons, to judge of their Dispositions and Temper.

1774 P. Proctor et al. Mod. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. (at cited word) Physiognomics, among physicians, such signs as being taken from the countenance, serve to indicate the state, disposition, &c both of the body and mind.

1888 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 4 166 One of the ancient writers on physiognomics distinguishes the sexual types of the human eye as..the leonine or masculine, and..the bovine or feminine.

1916 H. L. Hollingworth Vocational Psychol. (1920) ii. 55 I shall never forget the practical lesson in the principles of physiognomics I learned when watching a shipload of immigrants pass the physical and mental examinations at Ellis Island.

1991 C. Tichi Electronic Hearth (1992) vii. 159 The medieval pseudoscience of physiognomics presumed to ascertain the fundaments of human passion and intellect by a severe subdivisioning of the body into components.

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

单词	physiognomics
释义	physiognomicsn. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪəˈnɒmɪks/, U.S. /ˌfɪziəˈnɑmɪks/ Forms: 1700s physiognomicks, 1700s– physiognomics. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: physiognomic adj. Etymology: < physiognomic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare post-classical Latin Physiognomica (1679 in the passage translated in quot. 1684). Now chiefly historical. Originally: †facial or physical characteristics taken as indicative of character, personality, etc. (obsolete). Later: the art or practice of judging character from facial or physical characteristics; = physiognomy n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [noun] physiognomya1393 physiognomics1704 physiognomistry1708 physiognomonics1858 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] > as index of character physiognomyc1425 visnomy1509 character1610 physiognomics1704 physiog1791 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 230 Physiognomica [L. Physiognomica] are Signs whereby we conjecture something by the Countenance.] 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Physiognomicks,..a Term used by some Physicians and Naturalists for such Signs as are taken from the Countenance of Persons, to judge of their Dispositions and Temper. 1774 P. Proctor et al. Mod. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. (at cited word) Physiognomics, among physicians, such signs as being taken from the countenance, serve to indicate the state, disposition, &c both of the body and mind. 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 4 166 One of the ancient writers on physiognomics distinguishes the sexual types of the human eye as..the leonine or masculine, and..the bovine or feminine. 1916 H. L. Hollingworth Vocational Psychol. (1920) ii. 55 I shall never forget the practical lesson in the principles of physiognomics I learned when watching a shipload of immigrants pass the physical and mental examinations at Ellis Island. 1991 C. Tichi Electronic Hearth (1992) vii. 159 The medieval pseudoscience of physiognomics presumed to ascertain the fundaments of human passion and intellect by a severe subdivisioning of the body into components. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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