epicanthic
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + κανθός (kanthós).
Adjective
editepicanthic (not comparable)
- (anatomy, of a fold of skin) That partially covers the inner angle of the eye.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 215:
- Along the dimming shore of broken fence and rubble and over the sparse colonies of jakelike dwellings a new curse falling, a plague of bats, small basilisks pugnosed with epicanthic eyes and upreared dogs' ears filled with hair and bellies filled with agony.
- 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 331:
- Still white, but this time there is a hint of epicanthic fold about her eyes.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “epicanthic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.