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phrenological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to phrenology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling On his birthday he received a beautiful phrenological head, all marked with figures to the thorax and painted blue. This was an attention of the clerk's.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to phrenology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: frenològic — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Dutch: frenologisch — of, or relating to phrenology
  • French: phrénologique — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Galician: frenolóxico — of, or relating to phrenology
  • German: phrenologisch — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Italian: frenologico — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Portuguese: frenológico — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Romanian: frenologic — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Spanish: frenológico — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Swedish: frenologisk — of, or relating to phrenology
  • Volapük: frenologik — of, or relating to phrenology