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Yiddish
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Polish fizjonomia, ultimately from Late Latin physiognomia, from Ancient Greek φυσιογνωμίᾱ (phusiognōmíā, “physiology”), from φύσις (phúsis, “physique, appearance”) + γνώμη (gnṓmē, “means of knowing”).
Noun
פֿיזיאָנאָמיע • (fizyonomye) f, plural פֿיזיאָנאָמיעס (fizyonomyes)
- physiognomy
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פֿיזיאָנאָמיע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פֿיזיאָנאָמיע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .