metoposcopy
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”) + -scopy.
Pronunciation
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Noun
metoposcopy (uncountable)
- The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York 2001, p.208:
- Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy […].
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York 2001, p.208: