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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024phys•i•og•no•my /ˌfɪziˈɑgnəmi, -ˈɑnəmi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -mies. - the face, esp. as suggesting something about one's character.
See -phys-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phys•i•og•no•my (fiz′ē og′nə mē, -on′ə mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies. - the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character:a fierce physiognomy.
- Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, esp. of the face.
- the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character:the physiognomy of a nation.
- Medieval Latin, as above; compare phiz
- Middle French fisonomie
- Late Greek physiognōmía, syncopated variant of Greek physiognōmonía art of judging a person by his features (see physio-, gnomon, -y3); replacing Middle English fisenamie, fisnamie, fisnomie
- Medieval Latin physionomia, physonomia
- 1350–1400; earlier phisognomie, phisiognomie, late Middle English phisonomie
phys•i•og•nom•ic (fiz′ē og nom′ik, -ē ə nom′-),USA pronunciation phys′i•og•nom′i•cal, phys•i•og•no•mon•ic (fiz′ē og′nə mon′ik, -on′ə-),USA pronunciation phys′i•og′no•mon′i•cal, adj. phys′i•og•nom′i•cal•ly, phys′i•og′no•mon′i•cal•ly, adv. phys′i•og′no•mist, n. |