Meanings
nounmetoposcopy (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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[…].
1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 208
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Ancient Greekμέτωπον“forehead”
- Late Latinmetoposcopia
- Middle Frenchmetoposcopie
- Englishmetoposcopy
From Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”) + -scopy.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
metoposcopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metoposcopy
MLA
“metoposcopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metoposcopy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metoposcopy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metoposcopy.
Source: metoposcopy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.