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''epicanthic'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260130112253-00-⌔

epicanthic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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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Footnotes

1. 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 215: ↩

2. 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 331: ↩

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