epicanthic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Adjective
epicanthic (not comparable)
- (anatomy, of a fold of skin) That partially covers the inner angle of the eye.
- ✤ 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.1
- ✤ Still white, but this time there is a hint of epicanthic fold about her eyes.2
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + κανθός (kanthós).
Printed 2026-06-28.
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