Etymology
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macrocephalic (adj.)

"of or pertaining to a large head (of a person)," 1851, from Greek makrokephalos, from makros "large, long" (from PIE root *mak- "long, thin") + kephalē "head" (see cephalo-). Related: Macrocephalous"having a long head" (1810); macrocephaly.

updated on November 17, 2018

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