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metopomancy

UK/mɪˈtɒpəmænsi/US/mɪˈtɑpəmænsi/

metopomancy noun: divination by interpreting the facial lines and wrinkles, especially the forehead.

Noun

metopomancy (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Divination by interpreting the facial lines and wrinkles, especially the forehead.
    • 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 […].1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 231
    Synonyms:
    metoposcopy

Synonyms of metopomancy

Origin of metopomancy

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

Questions about metopomancy

What does metopomancy mean?
Metopomancy means divination by interpreting the facial lines and wrinkles, especially the forehead.
What part of speech is metopomancy?
Metopomancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce metopomancy?
Metopomancy is pronounced /mɪˈtɒpəmænsi/ (UK).

Words near metopomancy in the dictionary

  1. metopic sutures
  2. metopimazine
  3. metopion
  4. metopism
  5. metopisms
  6. metopomancy
  7. metopon
  8. metoposaur
  9. metoposaurid
  10. metoposaurids
  11. metoposauroid

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