Cranioscopist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who makes deductions concerning someone's intellectual, emotional, or moral qualities by studying the features of that individual's skull; a phrenologist. archaic

    "It is very trying to the patience of a cranioscopist to study the pages of Morton. Few of the skulls are placed in any uniform position."

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phrenologistphrenologist

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"It is very trying to the patience of a cranioscopist to study the pages of Morton. Few of the skulls are placed in any uniform position."

Etymology

From cranioscopy + -ist.

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