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单词 prosopologist
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prosopologistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρόσωπον , -logist comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσωπον face (see prosopon n.) + -logist comb. form. Compare later prosopology n. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (prǫsopǫ·lŏdʒist) /prɒsəʊˈpɒlədʒɪst/.
Obsolete.
A person who studies the face or facial features.Apparently an isolated use.
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1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 651 As this author limits his observations to the face, we propose to term him, and all such, prosopologists, discoursers on the face.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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