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Lavater
[ lah-vah-ter, lah-vah-ter ]
noun
- Jo路hann Kas路par [yoh, -hahn , kahs, -pahr], 1741鈥1801, Swiss poet, theologian, and physiognomist.
Example Sentences
Attorney LaVater Massie-Banks told the judge that on July 18, days before the shooting, a child protective services employee told Weems her husband was facing accusations of sexually assaulting children at his wife鈥檚 day care.
Attorney LaVater Massie-Banks said at Monday鈥檚 hearing that Shanteari Weems鈥檚 actions were more deliberate.
Attorney LaVater Massie-Banks argued Shanteari Weems planned in advance to hurt her husband and outlined details in a notebook that was found in the hotel room.
Physiognomy was popularized during Ducreux鈥檚 lifetime by Johann Kaspar Lavater, who wrote a tract illustrated in the English edition with drawings by William Blake and Johann Heinrich Fuseli of various facial 鈥渢ypes鈥 set against neutral backgrounds.
It is amusing to find that Darwin narrowly escaped being rejected by Fitz-Roy, who, as a disciple of Lavater, doubted whether a man with such a nose as Darwin鈥檚 鈥渃ould possess sufficient energy and determination for the voyage.鈥
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