physiognomy
noun
[ ˌfɪzɪˈɒ(ɡ)nəmi ]
• a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.
• "friends began to notice a change in his physiognomy"
Similar:
face,
features,
countenance,
profile,
expression,
facial expression,
look,
mug,
kisser,
clock,
mush,
dial,
phizog,
phiz,
boat race,
coupon,
bake,
puss,
pan,
mien,
visage,
lineaments,
front,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French phisonomie, via medieval Latin from Greek phusiognōmonia ‘judging of a man's nature (by his features)’, based on gnōmōn ‘a judge, interpreter’.
