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单词 bumpological
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bumpologicaladj.

Brit. /ˌbʌmpəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌbəmpəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bump n.2, -ological comb. form.
Etymology: < bump n.2 + -ological comb. form, after bumpology n. Compare slightly earlier bumpologist n.
Chiefly humorous. Now historical and rare.
Of or relating to the pseudoscientific study of bumps on the skull; phrenological. Cf. bumpology n.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [adjective]
cranioscopic1813
craniological1815
cranioscopical1820
phrenological1820
phrenologic1821
bumpological1826
1826 Evangelical Mag. Dec. 515/2 Another publication..quite as fatal to all bumpological reveries.
1889 Michigan Med. News 10 May 136/2 A phrenologist..expatiated on the excellence of bumpological science.
2003 L. Østermark-Johansen Angles on Eng.-speaking World III. 151 The ‘bumpological mania’ which swept over England in the 1820s.

Derivatives

bumpoˈlogically adv. rare
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [adverb]
phrenologically1824
bumpologically1827
1827 Kaleidoscope 31 July 31/2 Were the priest and the Levite equally venerable with the good Samaritan?—only bumpologically so!
1848 J. Richardson Trav. Sahara I. vi. 166 This afternoon examined phrenologically, bumpologically, the heads of many children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1826
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