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Oct 13, 2023
This week’s theme
Words for body parts

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hallux
pinna
canthus
uvula
gnathion

gnathion
Dude - there’s something on your chin.
No, the other one.
Sorry, the third one.
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gnathion

PRONUNCIATION:
(NAY-thee-on)

MEANING:
noun: The lowest part of the chin.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin, from Greek gnathos (jaw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root genu- (jawbone, chin), which also gave us chin, gnathic, prognathous, and Sanskrit hanu (jaw). Hanuman (literally, having a large jaw) is the name of a monkey god in the Hindu pantheon. Earliest documented use: 1888.

USAGE:
“‘The cyber sissy,’ I snapped, drawing near her to caress her gnathion with the back of my right hand.”
Hermann Observer; Brain Quest; CreateSpace; 2017.

See more usage examples of gnathion in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Billionaires need the working class. The working class does not need billionaires. -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Congress member (b. Oct 13, 1989)

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