Read full poem →you are, be pourtrayed i’ your face, that men may
read i’ your physiognomy, here , within this place, is
to le seen the true and accomplished monster, or
Dictionary Entry
The art of judging a person's character or personality from their facial features. It can also refer to the facial features themselves, especially when they are believed to reveal character.
In a Sentence
“Her stern physiognomy suggested a serious and no-nonsense personality, though she was often quite kind once you got to know her.”
Origin
From Greek physiognōmonia 'art of judging nature,' from physis 'nature' + gnōmōn 'interpreter, judge.'
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Poetry examples for “physiognomy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →a smile masturbates softly in the vacant
lot of his physiognomy
his scientifically pressed trousers ejaculate spats
Read full poem →Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I