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† physiˈognomer Obs.
Forms: 6 fisnomier, phisnamour, phisiognomier, -yer, 7– physiognomer.
[f. physiognomy + -er1: cf. astronomy, astronomer.]
= physiognomist.
a1500P. Johnston Thre Deid Pollis 42 This questioun quha can obsolue, lat see, Quhat phisnamour, or perfyt palmester. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 19, I beleue nat the reders of dremes and fisnomiers. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. Table X ij b, Arte and profession of Phisiognomyers. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 55 When a Phisiognomer by chance..came into the forum of Athens, he declared by the view of diuers mens faces, the diuersity of their conditions. 1656H. More Enthus. Tri. 35 That Sanguine was the Complexion of David George, the foregoing description of his person will probably intimate to any Physiognomer. 1706Phillips, Physiognomer or Physiognomist. |