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metoposcopy

noun /mɛtəˈpɒskəpi/

  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 […].

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry metoposcopy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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