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"This wenche thikke" - Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literature (lemmy.world)
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[–] ghost@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago

Chaucer's Major Poetry, edited by Albert C. Baugh, glosses "kamus" like this: "According to a medieval treatise on physiognomy, a pug nose suggests a sensual person."

I guess nose shape personality tests have been with us for centuries.