physiognomy – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
physiognomy
n.
facial features; superficial appearance; analysis of personal traits based on one's facial features
Physiognomy
Physiognomy (from the
Gk. meaning "nature" and meaning "judge" or "interpreter") is the assessment of a person's character or personality from his or her outer appearance, especially the
face. The term can also refer to the general appearance of a person, object, or terrain, without reference to its implied characteristics, as in the physiognomy of a plant
community.
physiognomy
Noun
1. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
(synonym) countenance, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug
(hypernym) face, human face
(hyponym) pudding face, pudding-face
(part-holonym) human head
(classification) colloquialism
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Physiognomy
(n.)
The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.
(n.)
The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.
(n.)
The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
(n.)
The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
physiognomy
Fortunetelling, and/or purported determination of human character and disposition, by examination of (a) facial features or (b) the form and lineaments of the entire body. Physiognomy whose object is the face is also called "face-reading," while the "art" of reading the lines of the forehead is called "metoposcopy." (See "facial diagnosis.")
