sinciput

1. 1.

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

   Broaderbone

   Part ofhuman head

Other forms of sinciput

plural

sincipita

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sinciput

What does sinciput mean?

sinciput means "the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead)".

How many syllables are in sinciput?

sinciput has 3 syllables: sin-ci-put. The stress falls on "sin".

Is sinciput a common word?

sinciput is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.