phrenologist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
Example Sentences
- "The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system."
- "One significance weakness of phrenology in the eyes of most anatomists, as Anne Harrington has shown, was that the brain comprised two structurally identical cerebral hemispheres, separated by a longitudinal fissure, whereas phrenologists held that the material sub-stratum of various mental faculties was located in only one hemisphere, and not its twin."
- "During a skull reading, a phrenologist would measure and carefully feel a person’s head."
Etymology
Etymology tree English phrenology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English phrenologist From phrenology + -ist.