prosopolepsy

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English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: prosopo- +‎ -lepsy; from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + λῆψις (lêpsis, “taking, seizure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈsəʊpəˌlɛpsi/

Noun

prosopolepsy (usually uncountable, plural prosopolepsies)

  1. respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from external appearance

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prosopolepsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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