prosopographia

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noun

The vivid description of someone's face or character.

OriginAncient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ →
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Meanings

nounprosopographia (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableThe vivid description of someone's face or character.
    1. rhetoricuncountableThe description of feigned or imaginary characters, such as devils or harpies.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπροσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  2. Ancient Greekπροσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  3. Englishprosopographia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (prosōpogrăphĭ́ā), from πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”).

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APA

prosopographia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosopographia

MLA

“prosopographia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosopographia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosopographia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosopographia.

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