Sinciput Definition

sĭnsə-pət
sincipita, sinciputs
noun
The upper part of the skull or head; esp., the forehead.
Webster's New World
The forehead.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Sinciput

Noun

Singular:
sinciput
Plural:
sincipita, sinciputs

Origin of Sinciput

  • From the Latin sinciput (“half a head"; “smoked hog's cheek or half-jowl"; (transferred senses): “brain", “head"), whence the French sinciput.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin sēmi- semi- caput head kaput- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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