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metoposcopy

UK/mɛtəˈpɒskəpi/

metoposcopy noun: the practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.

Noun

metoposcopy (uncountable)

  1. The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.
    • Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy […]., New York 2001, p.208

metoposcopy meaning in Tamil

metoposcopy in Tamil

நெற்றி அளவையால் பண்பு கணிப்பு

Origin of metoposcopy

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

Words formed from metoposcopy

Questions about metoposcopy

What does metoposcopy mean?
Metoposcopy means the practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.
What is metoposcopy in Tamil?
Metoposcopy in Tamil is நெற்றி அளவையால் பண்பு கணிப்பு. See Metoposcopy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is metoposcopy?
Metoposcopy is a noun.
How do you pronounce metoposcopy?
Metoposcopy is pronounced /mɛtəˈpɒskəpi/ (UK).

Words near metoposcopy in the dictionary

  1. metoposaurs
  2. metoposcopic
  3. metoposcopical
  4. metoposcopist
  5. metoposcopists
  6. metoposcopy
  7. metoprine
  8. metoprolol
  9. metopryl
  10. metorphamide
  11. metostea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metoposcopy (page history and authors); metoposcopy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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