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phrenologist

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phre·nol·o·gy  (fr-nl-j)
n.
The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity.
phreno·logic (frn-ljk, frn-), phreno·logi·cal (--kl) adj.
phre·nolo·gist n.
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Noun1.phrenologist - someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
craniologist
charlatan, mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Translations
phrenologist [frɪˈnɒlədʒɪst] N → frenólogo/a m/f
phrenologist
n → Phrenologe m, → Phrenologin f


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To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
A phrenologist and a mesmerizer came -- and went again and left the village duller and drearier than ever.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
How wearisome the grammarian, the phrenologist, the political or religious fanatic, or indeed any possessed mortal whose balance is lost by the exaggeration of a single topic.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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