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PHRENOLOGICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phrenological mean?
• PHRENOLOGICAL (adjective)
The adjective PHRENOLOGICAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to phrenology
Familiarity information: PHRENOLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to phrenology
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
phrenology (a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties)
Derivation:
phrenology (a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties)
Context examples
“Strong phrenological developments of the organ of firmness, in Mr. Murdstone and his sister, sir.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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