May 5, 2014
Word of the Day
Gnathic, /nā’thik/ - In anatomy, pertaining to the jaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged New Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1956
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Word of the Day
Gnathic, /nā’thik/ - In anatomy, pertaining to the jaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged New Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1956
Gnathic
image via Faces That Smile adjective \NATH-ik\ : of or relating to the jaw. Origin of GNATHIC from Greek gnathos (jaw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root genu- (jawbone, chin), which is also the source of chin, prognathous , and Sanskrit hanu (jaw). Hanuman (literally, having a large jaw) is the name of a monkey god in the Hindu pantheon. earliest documented use: 1882. (Source: Wordsmith)
Word of the day: gnathic
gnathic (NATH-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to the jaw.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek gnathos (jaw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root genu- (jawbone, chin), which is also the source of chin, prognathous , and Sanskrit hanu (jaw). Hanuman (literally, having a large jaw) was the name of a monkey god in Hindu mythology. Earliest documented use: 1882.
USAGE: "For the first time in his life Judah sees the strangeness of the khepri, hears the scissor-sounds their gnathic movements make."China Miéville; Iron Council; Del Rey; 2004.