Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

craniologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cran-iol-o-gist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

Example Sentences

"Every scheme of the craniologist for systematising ethnical variations of cranial configuration, and every process of induction pursued by the ethnologist from such data, proceed on the assumption that such varieties in the form of cranium are constant within certain determinate limits, and originate in like natural causes with the features by which we distinguish one nation from another."

Etymology

From craniology + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: craniology

Inflected Forms

craniologists (plural)

Synonyms

phrenologist

Questions

What does craniologist mean?: Someone proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.
Where does craniologist come from?: From craniology + -ist.

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