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physiognomistnoun
One who studies, or is an expert in, physiognomy; one who studies the outer appearance of the person (primarily the face) to acquire knowledge of the inner personality.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Physiognomer, Physiognomistnoun
One who judges of the temper or future fortune by the features of the face.
Etymology: physionomiste, Fr. [from physiognomy.
Digonius, when he should have been put to death by the Turk, a physiognomer wished he might not die, because he would sow much dissention among the Christians. Henry Peacham.
Apelles made his pictures so very like, that a physiognomist and fortune-teller, foretold by looking on them the time of their deaths, whom those pictures represented. Dryden.
Let the physiognomists examine his features. Scriblerus Club .
Webster Dictionary
Physiognomistnoun
same as Physiognomy, 1
Physiognomistnoun
one skilled in physiognomy
Physiognomistnoun
one who tells fortunes by physiognomy
Etymology: [Cf. F. physiognomiste.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of physiognomist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of physiognomist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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