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vestiture (iou) and phrenology (iou)


vestiture (iou)



vestiture noun. LME.
[from medieval Latin vestitura, from Latin vestire clothe: see VEST verb, -URE.]
Investiture of a person in office or with power etc. rare. LME.
a. = VESTURE 2. rare. Only in LME.
b. Clothes, clothing, dress. arch. M19.
c. Entomology. The characteristics of an insect's body-surface, as hairs, scales, etc. rare. E20.

phrenology (iou)



phrenology noun. E19.
[from PHRENO- + -OLOGY.]
The branch of inquiry that deals with the shape and size of the cranium as supposed indicators of character and mental faculties. Formerly also, the science of mental faculties in General, or the theory that each mental faculty is mediated by an organ in a particular part of the brain.
phreno'logical adjective E19.
phreno'logically adverb in terms of phrenology E19.
phrenologist noun E19.
phrenologize verb trans. examine or analyse phrenologically M19.