phys ‧ i ‧ og ‧ no ‧ my /ˌfɪziˈɒnəmi $ -ˈɑː-, -ˈɑːɡ-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural physiognomies ) [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: phisonomie , from Late Latin physiognomonia , from Greek , from physis 'nature, appearance' + gnomon 'interpreter' ]
technical the general appearance of a person’s face