Metoposcopy

//mɛtəˈpɒskəpi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead. uncountable

    "Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy […]."

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craniologycriticismcryptographylexicographymetopomancymetopomancy

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"Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy […]."

Etymology

From Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”) + -scopy.

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