noun
Meaning 1
An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
phrenologist
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: craniologist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mountebank, charlatan
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English phrenology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: frenòleg — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Catalan: frenòloga — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Dutch: frenoloog — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- French: phrénologiste — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- French: phrénologue — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- German: Phrenologe — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- German: Phrenologin — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Hungarian: frenológus — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Italian: frenologo — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Italian: frenologa — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Japanese: 骨相学者 (kossō gakusha) — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Portuguese: frenologista — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Spanish: frenólogo — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Spanish: frenóloga — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Swedish: frenolog — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Volapük: frenologan — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Volapük: hifrenologan — adherent or practitioner of phrenology
- Volapük: jifrenologan — adherent or practitioner of phrenology