Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ethnology, pertaining to or characterized by acrocephaly; high-skulled: as, acrocephalic men or tribes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Characterized by a high skull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person
suffering from apointed skull . - adjective Possessing a pointed skull.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (akros, "highest, on the extremity") + κεφαλικός (kephalikos, "pertaining to the head")
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Examples
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She has an attractive and sympathetic personality; in complexion she is dark, with dark eyes and very dark and abundant hair; the fine down on the upper lip and lower parts of the cheeks is also much developed; the jaw is large, the head acrocephalic, and the external genital organs of normal size, but rather asymmetric.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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n. - doctrine denying existence of universe distinct from God. acosmist, acroamatic adj. - esoteric, told only orally. acrocephalic
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jonasword commented on the word acrocephalic
Pointy headed- I shall be using this word a lot
April 9, 2009