Physiognomy (noun)
fiz-ee-on-om-ee
A person’s facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.
Late Middle English from Old French phisonomie, via medieval Latin from Greek phusiognōmonia ‘judging of a man’s nature (by his features)’, based on gnōmōn ‘a judge, interpreter’.
Example sentences
“He felt his physiognomy have him away as Irish immediately. ”
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