11 Letter Words for Physiognomy
physiognomy
10 Letter Words for Physiognomy
gymnosophy, physiogony
9 Letter Words for Physiognomy
gymnosoph
8 Letter Words for Physiognomy
hyponyms, misogyny, phisnomy, physnomy, pygmyish, spooming, symphony
7 Letter Words for Physiognomy
ginshop, gnomish, gonophs, homings, hooping, hypogyn, hypoing, hyponym, inhoops, isogony, isonomy, isonymy, moonish, mooping, moshing, nymphos, phonism, poohing, poshing, poysing, shooing, sooming, sooping, yomping
6 Letter Words for Physiognomy
gipons, gonoph, goyish, homing, hominy, hongis, hoping, hosing, hoying, hyping, ignomy, inhoop, isogon, isonym, moison, mongos, monish, monosy, mooing, moping, mopish, mosing, myosin, nympho, nymphs, oohing, oomphs, ooping, osophy, phonos, physio, pigsny, pingos, poison, pongos, pooing, posing, poyson, shying, shypoo, simony, simoon, siphon, snoopy, spongy, spoony, spying, syping, ymping, yogism
5 Letter Words for Physiognomy
ghoom, gimps, gimpy, gipon, gonys, goons, goony, goops, goopy, goosy, goyim, goyin, gymps, gypsy, hings, hoing, homos, hongi, hongs, hoons, hoops, hopis, hying, hymns, hypos, hyson, imshy, mings, mingy, minos, misgo, mogos, mohos, mongo, mongs, monos, moong, moons, moony, moops, mopsy, myops, myopy, nighs, noisy, nomoi, nomos, noops, nosig, nymph, ohing, onymy, oomph, oping, opsin, osmin, phono, phons, phony, pingo, pings, pions, piony, pioys, pismo, pogos, pomos, pongo, pongs, pongy, ponos, poohs, poons, posho, psion, pygmy, pyins, shiny, shogi, shooi, shoop, sigyn, simon, singh, snipy, snoop, soign, songy, soony, sophi, sophy, spiny, spong, spoom, spoon, synop, yoghs, yogis, yomin, yomps, yonis, yoops
4 Letter Words for Physiognomy
gimp, gins, gios, gish, gism, gois, gons, gony, goon, goop, goos, gosh, goys, gymp, gyms, gyny, gyps, himp, hims, hing, hins, hips, hisn, hogo, hogs, hoin, homo, hong, hons, hoom, hoon, hoop, hoos, hopi, hops, hosp, hoys, hymn, hypo, hyps, imps, impy, ingo, insp, ions, ipso, ismy, mhos, migs, ming, mino, mins, miny, mips, miso, misy, mogo, mogs, moho, moio, mong, mono, mons, mony, mooi, moon, moop, moos, moph, mops, mosh, moyo, moys, nigh, nims, niog, nips, nogs, noms, noop, nosh, nosy, noys, ohio, ohms, ohos, ohoy, omni, onym, oohs, ooms, oons, oops, oosy, opsy, phis, phon, phoo, phos, phys, pigs, ping, pino, pins, pion, pioy, pish, piso, pmsg, pogo, pogy, pohs, pois, pomo, poms, pong, pons, pony, pooh, poon, poos, posh, posy, psig, pyin, shim, shin, ship, shmo, shog, shoo, shop, sigh, sign, simp, sing, sinh, sion, smog, snig, snip, snog, snop, soho, song, soom, soon, soop, soph, spig, spin, syph, yigh, yins, yips, yogh, yogi, yoho, yomp, yoni, yoop, yoyo
3 Letter Words for Physiognomy
gim, gin, gio, gis, gnp, gns, goi, gon, goo, gop, gos, goy, gph, gpm, gps, gym, gyn, gyp, him, hin, hip, his, hmo, hny, hog, hoi, hom, hon, hoo, hop, hos, hoy, hyp, ign, ihp, ihs, imo, imp, ing, ins, ion, ios, iph, ipm, ipo, ips, ish, ism, isn, iso, iyo, mhg, mho, mig, min, mis, mog, moi, mon, moo, mop, mos, moy, mpg, mph, msg, msh, myg, mys, nig, nim, nip, nis, nog, noh, nom, noo, nos, noy, nys, ohm, oho, ohs, ois, oms, oni, ono, ons, ony, ooh, oom, oon, oop, oos, ops, osi, oys, phi, pho, pig, pin, pis, pms, poh, poi, pom, pon, poo, pos, poy, psi, shi, sho, shp, shy, sig, sim, sin, sip, sny, sog, som, son, sop, soy, spy, sym, syn, ygo, yin, yip, yis, yoi, yom, yon, yos, yoy
Definitions for Physiognomy
[1] the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
[2] Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, especially of the face.
[3] the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character: the physiognomy of a nation.
[4] a person's features or characteristic expression considered as an indication of personality
[5] the art or practice of judging character from facial features
[6] the outward appearance of something, esp the physical characteristics of a geographical region
Words related to Physiognomy
look, mien, appearance, feature, countenance, aspect, portrait, expression, visage
Words nearby Physiognomy
physics model, physio, physio-, physiocrat, physiogenic, physiognomy, physiographic province, physiography, physiol., physiologic antidote, physiologic congestion
Origin of Physiognomy
1350–1400; earlier phisognomie, phisiognomie, late Middle English phisonomie < Medieval Latin physionomia, physonomia < Late Greek physiognōmía, syncopated variant of Greek physiognōmonía art of judging a person by his features (see physio-, gnomon, -y3); replacing Middle English fisenamie, fisnamie, fisnomie < Middle French fisonomie < Medieval Latin, as above; cf. phiz
Other words from Physiognomy
phys·i·og·nom·ic [fiz-ee-og-nom -ik, ‐ee-uh -nom ‐] /ˌfɪz i ɒgˈnɒm ɪk, ‐i əˈnɒm‐/ , phys·i·og·nom·i·cal , phys·i·og·no·mon·ic [fiz-ee-og-nuh -mon -ik, ‐on-uh ‐] /ˌfɪz iˌɒg nəˈmɒn ɪk, ‐ˌɒn ə‐/ , phys·i·og·no·mon·i·cal , adjective
phys·i·og·nom·i·cal·ly , phys·i·og·no·mon·i·cal·ly , adverb
phys·i·og·no·mist , noun
Word origin for Physiognomy
C14: from Old French phisonomie, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek phusiognōmia, erroneous for Greek phusiognōmonia, from phusis nature + gnōmōn judge
Synonyms for Physiognomy
appearance, aspect, countenance, expression, feature, look, mien, portrait, visage
