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   physiognomy

   /ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmi/

   noun

   • 1. a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin: "friends began to notice a change in his physiognomy"
   • ▪ the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics: "a world where physiognomy was a respected practice"
   • ▪ the general form or appearance of something: "the physiognomy of the landscape"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French phisonomie, via medieval Latin from Greek phusiognōmonia ‘judging of a man's nature (by his features)’, based on gnōmōn ‘a judge, interpreter’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. physiognomic adjective
   • 2. physiognomical adjective
   • 3. physiognomically adverb

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