metoposcopist
(mɛtəʊˈpɒskəpɪst)
[f. late L. metōposcop-us, a. Gr. µετωποσκόπ-ος, f. µέτωπο-ν forehead + -σκόπ-ος observer: see -ist.]
One who is versed in metoposcopy.
| 1570 Dee Math. Pref. c iv, The Anatomistes will restore to you, some part:..The Metaposcopistes some. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 188 Which way go the physiognomists, metoposcopists, and chiromantists to work? 1885 Macalister in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 4/1 Apion speaks of the metoposcopists who judge by the appearance of the face. |