Metopomancy

//mɪˈtɒpəmænsi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by interpreting the facial lines and wrinkles, especially the forehead. historical, uncountable

    "These elaborate systems of divination, with their subdivisions, such as divination by moles on the face, or lines on the forehead (metopomancy), had been set out in many medieval treatises […]."

Synonyms

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metoposcopymetoposcopy

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"These elaborate systems of divination, with their subdivisions, such as divination by moles on the face, or lines on the forehead (metopomancy), had been set out in many medieval treatises […]."

Etymology

From French métopomantie (from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”)), later reformed after + -mancy.

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