Metoposcopy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mÉ›təˈpÉ’skÉ™pi/

Origin

From Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέτωπον ("forehead").

Full definition of metoposcopy

Noun

1. The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 208:Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy ....