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prognathous

American  
[prog-nuh-thuhs, prog-ney-] / ˈprɒg nə θəs, prɒgˈneɪ- /
Also prognathic

adjective

Craniometry.
  1. having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.


prognathous British  
/ prɒɡˈneɪθəs, prɒɡˈnæθɪk, ˈprɒɡnəˌθɪzəm /

adjective

  1. having a projecting lower jaw

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Other Word Forms

  • hyperprognathous adjective
  • prognathism noun
  • prognathy noun

Etymology

Origin of prognathous

First recorded in 1830–40; pro- 2 + -gnathous

Example Sentences

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Sutherland was famously prognathous, but Poplavskaya's jaw – angular, horizontally extended to give her square face the look of a cubist carving – is even more extraordinary.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011

It also notably advances the talents of prognathous William Bendix.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite such crushing disappointments, his output was always prodigious, prolific, protean, profound and even, in his self-portraits, prognathous.

From Time Magazine Archive

At a single session fortnight ago they put through 471, including a pension for bumbling, prognathous Mayor John P. O'Brien.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forty-seven snubs by forty-seven hooks; forty-seven receding by forty-seven prognathous chins.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley