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sinciput

sin·ci·put

UK/ˈsɪnsɪpʌt/ uncommon

noun

1.

the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead)

Origin

Borrowed from Latin sinciput (“half a head”; “smoked hog’s cheek or half-jowl”; (transferred senses): “brain”, “head”), whence also the French sinciput.

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