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phys·i·og·no·my P0277900 (fĭz′ē-ŏg′nə-mē, -ŏn′ə-mē)n. pl. phys·i·og·no·mies 1. Facial features.2. a. The art of judging human character from facial features.b. Divination based on facial features.3. Aspect and character of an inanimate or abstract entity: the physiognomy of New England.
[Middle English phisonomie, from Old French phisionomie, from Late Latin physiognōmia, from Greek phusiognōmiā, variant of phusiognōmoniā : phusio-, physio- + gnōmōn, gnōmon-, interpreter; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]
phys′i·og·nom′ic (-ŏg-nŏm′ĭk, -ə-nŏm′ĭk), phys′i·og·nom′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.phys′i·og·nom′i·cal·ly adv.phys′i·og′no·mist n.
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