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prosopomorphic

prosopomorphic adjective: shaped like a face.

prosopomorphic: shaped like a face
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Adjective

prosopomorphic (comparative more prosopomorphic, superlative most prosopomorphic)

  1. Shaped like a face
    • Prosopomorphic lids made of processed and baked clay, stylized with motifs and astonishing artistic ornamentation discovered in Fafos.2012, Milot Berisha, Archaeological Guide of Kosovo, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2021, page 28

Forms of prosopomorphic

comparativemore prosopomorphic
superlativemost prosopomorphic

Origin of prosopomorphic

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: prosopo- + -morphic.

Questions about prosopomorphic

What does prosopomorphic mean?
Prosopomorphic means shaped like a face.
What part of speech is prosopomorphic?
Prosopomorphic is an adjective.

Words near prosopomorphic in the dictionary

  1. prosopography
  2. prosopolepsies
  3. prosopolepsy
  4. prosopometamorphopsia
  5. prosopometamorphopsias
  6. prosopomorphic
  7. prosopon
  8. prosoponeuralgia
  9. prosoponology
  10. prosopons
  11. prosopopeia

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