Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the sinciput: opposed to occipital.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.
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- adjective anatomy Of or
pertaining to thesinciput .
Etymologies
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First attested in 1653; formed as the Latin sinciput (stem: sincipit-) + the English -al on the pattern of a Latin etymon of the form sincipitālis, which is first attested later (in 1757); compare the French sincipital (first attested in 1812).
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