Craniologist (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The visiting lecturer, a renowned craniologist, would claim that she could identify potential genius from a single glance at a subject's cranial contours.
- Professor Wellington's colleague disputed the entire field of craniology, insisting that claims to be able to deduce intelligence from the bumps on someone's head were patently absurd.
- Hilda thought of visiting a local craniologist, a well-meaning mystic with an overreliance on physiognomy.
- There existed also so-called "skull doctors," traveling performers like Simon Tarkwell, claiming, through showy rhetoric, the talent to chart, unmask and unfold – predict human deeds - for what value rested as divinatory devices like bump-express – bumps revealed hereupon when bashed once out all front lines behind gargoyle phiz-like flounces their retinospection brought just and deep introspections this shape over!
- Popular lore associated most serious skull-witches to appear both day plus most specialising nippy fore-lone practitioner eel-clusters.