† prosopologyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρόσωπον , -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσωπον face (see prosopon n.) + -logy comb. form. Compare earlier prosopologist n.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) gives also a Latin form prosopologia.

Obsolete. rare.

The study of facial features; physiognomy (physiognomy n. 1a).

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1024/1 Prosopologia, term for a dissertation on the countenance: prosopology.

1892 Science 1 July 7/1 There is little doubt that craniology, as a branch of anthropology, has been much over-estimated... On the other hand, the study of the features of the face, which may be called Prosopology, from the Greek, prosopon, face, is yielding constantly more valuable results.

1898 D. G. Briton in A. C. Haddon Study of Man App. A. 49 In Internal Somatology,..Osteology, craniology, prosopology, myology, splanchnology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	prosopology
释义	† prosopologyn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρόσωπον , -logy comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσωπον face (see prosopon n.) + -logy comb. form. Compare earlier prosopologist n.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) gives also a Latin form prosopologia. Obsolete. rare. The study of facial features; physiognomy (physiognomy n. 1a). ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1024/1 Prosopologia, term for a dissertation on the countenance: prosopology. 1892 Science 1 July 7/1 There is little doubt that craniology, as a branch of anthropology, has been much over-estimated... On the other hand, the study of the features of the face, which may be called Prosopology, from the Greek, prosopon, face, is yielding constantly more valuable results. 1898 D. G. Briton in A. C. Haddon Study of Man App. A. 49 In Internal Somatology,..Osteology, craniology, prosopology, myology, splanchnology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1858
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