sinciput

American  

[sin-suh-puht] / ˈsɪn səˌpʌt /

noun

Anatomy.

sinciputs, plural sincipita plural

1. the forepart of the skull.

2. the upper part of the skull.

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sinciput British  

/ ˈsɪnsɪˌpʌt /

noun

1. anatomy the forward upper part of the skull

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sincipital
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• sincipita
  plural
• sinciputs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sinciput

1570–80; < Latin: literally, half-head < *sēm ( i ) -caput, equivalent to sēmi- semi- + caput head

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sinciput sinciputs

Then I scratched my sinciput, battling for light, But gave up the effort, supposing 'twas right; And herein give out, as my earnest intent, Whenever I fail to owe no man a cent.

From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various

Wet your forefinger with your spittle; stick a broken gold-leaf on the sinciput; clip off a beggar’s beard to make it tresses; kiss it; fall down before it; worship it.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage

"And had I made the observation sooner," continued the magistrate, "I might have spared myself a good deal of trouble and a headache which extends from my occiput to my sinciput."

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules

Wani is the largest, above brown, below slaty-grey; the head grey, with a black zone across the sinciput.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

A bump arose at once on my sinciput, and turned out to be as pretty an organ of order as one shall see on a summer's day.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

For what on earth—or in air—is the use to me of seeing their boiled sternums and scalped sinciputs, when I'm never shown either how they bear their breasts—or where they carry their heads?

From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John