sinciput

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).

Pronunciation

sĭnʹsĭpŭt /ˈsɪnsɪpʌt/

Word forms

sinciput sincipita sinciputs synciput

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sinciput (“half a head”; “smoked hog’s cheek or half-jowl”; (transferred senses): “brain”, “head”), whence also the French sinciput.

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