phrenology

名词 n.
/frənˈɑlədʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.

词形变化

phrenologies plural

词源

Etymology tree
English phreno-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logiebor.
English -logy
English phrenology
From phreno- + -logy.
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