cymatotrichous

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A form of cymotrichous — Having wavy hair.

OriginLatin cȳmat(is) ← Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος →
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Meanings

adjectivecymatotrichous (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of cymotrichous.

    Wavy — (Cymatotrichous). Flat Waved or Broad Waved or Narrow Waved or Curly.

    1968, Indera P. Singh, M.K. Bhasin, Anthropometry, page 64
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    The Kentja race of Dravido-Australian origin is slender of body and has a long face with a protruding profil, the hair is cymatotrichous, the colour of the skin grows darker towards the feet, the piliation of the body is stronger than in the Malella race; the Kentja race is well represented in Madura.

    1940, Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, XXXIX, page 82

    The Antarides are brown, cymatotrichous, dolicho-mesocephalic, with rather high heads, leptomesoprosopic, mesoleptorrhinous, and medium statured in comparison to the other populations of the Sunda Arch, so mostly taller than the Palae Mongolids.

    1946, Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, XLIV, page 297

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκῡ́μᾰτος“wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”
  2. Latincȳmat(is)“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”
  3. Englishcymatotrichous

FromLatin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -o- + trich- + -ous, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).

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