Eurycephalic
/ˌjʊə.riː.sɪˈfæl.ɪk/noun
Having a broad or wide head.
Did you know?Eurycephalic is a learned scientific formation from Greek roots, and the same root for “wide” lives on in words like eurythmy and Eurydice, where Greek names and terms often carried vivid, image-heavy meanings.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
eurys
“wide, broad”
Ancient Greek
Greek
kephalē
“head”
19th Century
English
eurycephalic
“formed in scientific writing to mean broad-headed”
Modern English
English
eurycephalic
“having a broad head”
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