mesaticephalusn.

Brit.

/mᵻˌsatɪˈsɛfələs/,

/məˌsatɪˈkɛfələs/,

/ˌmɛsətɪˈsɛfələs/,

/ˌmɛsətɪˈkɛfələs/, U.S.

/məˌsædəˈsɛfələs/,

/məˌsɑdəˈsɛfələs/; see also mesati- comb. form and -cephalous comb. form.

Inflections: Plural mesaticephali.

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mesati- comb. form, Greek -κέϕαλος.

Etymology: < mesati- comb. form + ancient Greek -κέϕαλος (see -cephalous comb. form), after French mésaticéphale (noun; see mesaticephalism n.). Compare earlier mesaticephalous adj.

Physical Anthropology. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

A person with a mesaticephalic skull. Also: a mesaticephalic skull (rare).

ΚΠ

1883 Science 6 July 25/1 So far as is known, only straight-haired varieties have immigrated into America, of the following sub-species: 1. Broad-faced dolichocephali (Eskimo); 2. Broad-faced mesaticephali (Indians); [etc.].

1895 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 24 460 In European dolichocephali the frequency [with which the frontal suture persists beyond infancy] rises to 6 per cent., in European mesaticephali to 9 per cent.

1906 N.E.D. at Mesaticephalic Mesaticephalus,..a skull to which is applied the term mesaticephalic.

1909 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 39 290 Broca named his middle group Mesaticephali (Mesocephali).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesaticephalus
释义	mesaticephalusn. Brit. /mᵻˌsatɪˈsɛfələs/, /məˌsatɪˈkɛfələs/, /ˌmɛsətɪˈsɛfələs/, /ˌmɛsətɪˈkɛfələs/, U.S. /məˌsædəˈsɛfələs/, /məˌsɑdəˈsɛfələs/; see also mesati- comb. form and -cephalous comb. form. Inflections: Plural mesaticephali. Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mesati- comb. form, Greek -κέϕαλος. Etymology: < mesati- comb. form + ancient Greek -κέϕαλος (see -cephalous comb. form), after French mésaticéphale (noun; see mesaticephalism n.). Compare earlier mesaticephalous adj. Physical Anthropology. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. A person with a mesaticephalic skull. Also: a mesaticephalic skull (rare). ΚΠ 1883 Science 6 July 25/1 So far as is known, only straight-haired varieties have immigrated into America, of the following sub-species: 1. Broad-faced dolichocephali (Eskimo); 2. Broad-faced mesaticephali (Indians); [etc.]. 1895 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 24 460 In European dolichocephali the frequency [with which the frontal suture persists beyond infancy] rises to 6 per cent., in European mesaticephali to 9 per cent. 1906 N.E.D. at Mesaticephalic Mesaticephalus,..a skull to which is applied the term mesaticephalic. 1909 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 39 290 Broca named his middle group Mesaticephali (Mesocephali). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883
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