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cerebric

American

[suh-ree-brik, -reb-rik, ser-uh-brik] / səˈri brɪk, -ˈrɛb rɪk, ˈsɛr ə brɪk /

adjective

pertaining to or derived from the brain.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

uncerebric

adjective

Etymology

Origin of cerebric

First recorded in 1830–40; cerebr(um) + -ic

Example Sentences

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They flutter in unbelievable clusters, wheel in untranslatable formations through the cerebric wasteland that is the aged mind of Oliver Symmes.

From Life Sentence by Francis, Dick

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