metoposcopy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɛtəˈpɒskəpi/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”) + -scopy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.
Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy […].
, New York 2001, p.208