physiognomistn.

Brit.

/ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmɪst/, U.S.

/ˌfɪziˈɑ(ɡ)nəməst/

Forms: 1500s physiognomiste, 1600s– physiognomist, 1700s phiseognemest (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: physiognomy n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < physiognomy n. + -ist suffix. Compare post-classical Latin physionomista (13th cent. in a British source), Middle French, French physionomiste (1537), early modern German physionomist (1530; German Physiognomist , now chiefly historical). Compare earlier physiognomer n. N.E.D. (1906) also gives the pronunciation (fiziǫ·gnŏmist) /fɪzɪˈɒɡnəmɪst/.

An expert in or student of physiognomy; a person who reads faces or other physical features to discern character, personality, etc. (or, formerly, to foretell a person's destiny).

ΘΚΠ

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

physiognomer?a1505

physiognomist1570

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

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. x. 539 A certaine Physiognomist or teller of fortune.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 48 A Physiognomist.., said, he was stupid, because there were obstructions in his jugular parts.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 294 All the possible Habitudes, Dispositions,..natural ingenit Powers, and Impotences, discernable by the Physiognomist, from the various Phænomena, Characters, and Indices legible in the Countenance.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) v. 147 You must know I am turned a great phiseognemest, and knows every body's trade and character by their faces.

1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man ii. iii. 540 The physiognomist saw, in the features of Socrates, the signatures of many bad dispositions.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 152 By no means a good physiognomist, much less a good judge of character.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 86 Her remarkable powers as a physiognomist.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 8/2 An imaginative physiognomist might have seen in it [sc. his look] a mysterious suggestion of streams—a stream of brain bullets from Ashe to his enemies and a stream of dollars from his enemies to Ashe.

1989 R. Pflaum Grand Obsession ix. 156 Underneath were two reports, the first by a handwriting expert and the second by a physiognomist.

Derivatives

physiognoˈmistical adj. rare of or relating to a physiognomist or physiognomy.

ΘΚΠ

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

physiognomical1588

physiognomistical1651

physiognomonical1668

physiognomic1755

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §98 To be seen with Physiognomisticall corporall eyes.

1929 Q. Rev. Biol. 4 562/2 One can open its pages almost at random and read with interest the story of how we obtained our face, or, merely by studying the 118 excellent illustrations grasp the salient features of our physiognomistical history.

† physiognomistry n. Obsolete rare the art or trade of the physiognomist.

ΘΚΠ

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

physiognomya1393

physiognomics1704

physiognomistry1708

physiognomonics1858

1708 Brit. Apollo 24–29 Sept. We may include Palmistry, Physiognomistry, etc.

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

单词	physiognomist
释义	physiognomistn. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmɪst/, U.S. /ˌfɪziˈɑ(ɡ)nəməst/ Forms: 1500s physiognomiste, 1600s– physiognomist, 1700s phiseognemest (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: physiognomy n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < physiognomy n. + -ist suffix. Compare post-classical Latin physionomista (13th cent. in a British source), Middle French, French physionomiste (1537), early modern German physionomist (1530; German Physiognomist , now chiefly historical). Compare earlier physiognomer n. N.E.D. (1906) also gives the pronunciation (fiziǫ·gnŏmist) /fɪzɪˈɒɡnəmɪst/. An expert in or student of physiognomy; a person who reads faces or other physical features to discern character, personality, etc. (or, formerly, to foretell a person's destiny). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by personal appearance > [noun] > by the face > one skilled in physiognomer?a1505 physiognomist1570 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij The Anatomistes will restore to you, some part: The Physiognomistes, some. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. x. 539 A certaine Physiognomist or teller of fortune. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 48 A Physiognomist.., said, he was stupid, because there were obstructions in his jugular parts. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 294 All the possible Habitudes, Dispositions,..natural ingenit Powers, and Impotences, discernable by the Physiognomist, from the various Phænomena, Characters, and Indices legible in the Countenance. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) v. 147 You must know I am turned a great phiseognemest, and knows every body's trade and character by their faces. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man ii. iii. 540 The physiognomist saw, in the features of Socrates, the signatures of many bad dispositions. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 152 By no means a good physiognomist, much less a good judge of character. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 86 Her remarkable powers as a physiognomist. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 8/2 An imaginative physiognomist might have seen in it [sc. his look] a mysterious suggestion of streams—a stream of brain bullets from Ashe to his enemies and a stream of dollars from his enemies to Ashe. 1989 R. Pflaum Grand Obsession ix. 156 Underneath were two reports, the first by a handwriting expert and the second by a physiognomist. Derivatives physiognoˈmistical adj. rare of or relating to a physiognomist or physiognomy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [adjective] physiognomical1588 physiognomistical1651 physiognomonical1668 physiognomic1755 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §98 To be seen with Physiognomisticall corporall eyes. 1929 Q. Rev. Biol. 4 562/2 One can open its pages almost at random and read with interest the story of how we obtained our face, or, merely by studying the 118 excellent illustrations grasp the salient features of our physiognomistical history. † physiognomistry n. Obsolete rare the art or trade of the physiognomist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > analysis from bodily features > [noun] physiognomya1393 physiognomics1704 physiognomistry1708 physiognomonics1858 1708 Brit. Apollo 24–29 Sept. We may include Palmistry, Physiognomistry, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570
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