Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OPH-THAL-MOS'CO-PY
OPH-THAL'MICOPH-THAL-MO-TOL'O-GIST
OPH-THAL-MOS'CO-PY, n. [Gr. οφθαλμος, the eye, and σκοπεω, to view.]
A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a man's temper and manner from the appearance of the eyes. Encyc.
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