A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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(Phisnom-,) Phisnam-, Physnymour, n. [Phisnom-, stem of Phisnomy, and -our. Cf. e.m.E. fisnomier (1519), phisiognomyer (1542).] One skilled in physiognomy Phisnomy n.; one who reads character or destiny from the face, = Phisogmanist n. —a1500 Henr. III. 157/42 (B).
This questioun quha can obsolue lat see Quhat phisnamour [M. physnymour] or perfyt palmester Quha was farest or fowlest of ws thre [pollis]