Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in phrenology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
adherent orpractitioner ofphrenology .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
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Examples
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Not that I am what is called a phrenologist, but I am curious as to the physical developments of these fellow-mortals of mine, and a little in want of a sensation.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Not that I am what is called a phrenologist, but I am curious as to the physical developments of these fellow-mortals of mine, and a little in want of a sensation.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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In this respect a phrenologist is a pure quack in comparison with a lady in a trance.
Recollections of Europe James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Similarly, the 1871 book New Physiognomy, written by the American phrenologist Samuel Roberts Wells, described the Irish woman as being governed “by the lower or animal passions,” “seeking her chief pleasure from things physical and animal,” and unable to see “beauty in that which can not be eaten or used for the gratification of the bodily appetites or passions.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Charles Ward is the LNN's Director of Public Relations and resident phrenologist.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Charles Ward is the LNN's Director of Public Relations and resident phrenologist.
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Even though the self-righteous Bachmann is a native of Waterloo, Iowa, voters in the Hawkeye State just cannot see trusting her with the codes to the U.S. nuclear arsenal trusting a Creationist like Bachmann on any public policy is akin to trusting a phrenologist with curing your cancer.
James Marshall Crotty: Why Republicans Embrace Simpletons and How It Hurts America James Marshall Crotty 2011
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Channel 9 news responded that: ‘I believe it was noted philanthropist, philosopher and phrenologist Shaquille O’Neal who said ‘Tell me how my ass tastes.’
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You might think getting a globe is as relevant as going to see a phrenologist.
Globe-Trot In Style 2008
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I'm no phrenologist, but there's something about that guy...
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010
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