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prosopon

prosopon noun: a mask worn by an actor to indicate the character being played.

Noun

prosopon (plural prosopons or prosopa)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greek theatre) A mask worn by an actor to indicate the character being played.
  2. The self-manifestation of an individual.
  3. A variety of small-scale structures in trilobites, such as ribbing, domes, and perforations.

Forms of prosopon

pluralprosopons
pluralprosopa

Origin of prosopon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, mask, person”). Doublet of partzuf.

Questions about prosopon

What does prosopon mean?
Prosopon means a mask worn by an actor to indicate the character being played.
What part of speech is prosopon?
Prosopon is a noun.
What is the plural of prosopon?
The plural of prosopon is prosopons.

Words near prosopon in the dictionary

  1. prosopolepsies
  2. prosopolepsy
  3. prosopometamorphopsia
  4. prosopometamorphopsias
  5. prosopomorphic
  6. prosopon
  7. prosoponeuralgia
  8. prosoponology
  9. prosopons
  10. prosopopeia
  11. prosopopesis

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