Is there a word for a person who can read lines on a forehead?
In India, some people can read forehead lines and claim to tell you your future.
asked May 26, 2014 at 17:20
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1Is the word the same as what?– Janus Bahs JacquetCommented May 26, 2014 at 17:27
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How about foreheadcaster, forehead teller", or *progcreasticator? ;-)– DrewCommented May 26, 2014 at 17:33
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4A brow-knowser?– Erik KowalCommented May 26, 2014 at 19:14
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1Or a headliner. Or a reader between the headlines.– DrewCommented May 26, 2014 at 22:28
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@Robusto I'm asking you as the highest reputation close-voter in the list, what part of the question is unclear? I would expect the second and fifth highest reputation holders in this site to be able to understand a simple question like "Is the there any word same for person who can read lines on forehead" despite it's unusual phrasing. I don't know if it was close-voted before or after Mari-LouA's edit but surely it's quite clear now and can be reopened.– FrankCommented May 27, 2014 at 15:40
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The skill is called metopomancy.
The practitioner is a metoposcopist.
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According to the link (which I found) the person versed in this "art" is a "metoposcopist". You might want to edit your answer. Commented May 26, 2014 at 21:32
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1@Mari-LouA - I think a metoscopist is a practitioner of metoposcopy, which is determining someone's character by from the lines on the forehead rather than of metopomancy, which involved divining the future by reading such lines. I think metopomancer is the appropriate word for a practitioner of metopmancy. Commented Jun 8, 2014 at 12:40
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