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单词 physiognomically
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
phys•i•og•no•my /ˌfɪziˈɑgnəmi, -ˈɑnəmi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -mies. 
  1. the face, esp. as suggesting something about one's character.
See -phys-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
phys•i•og•no•my  (fiz′ē ognə mē, -onə mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies. 
  1. the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character:a fierce physiognomy.
  2. Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, esp. of the face.
  3. 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 nomik, -ē ə nom-),USA pronunciation phys′i•og•nomi•cal, phys•i•og•no•mon•ic  (fiz′ē og′nə monik, -on′ə-),USA pronunciation phys′i•og′no•moni•cal, adj.  phys′i•og•nomi•cal•ly, phys′i•og′no•moni•cal•ly, adv. 
phys′i•ogno•mist, n. 

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