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prognathous

[prog-nuh-thuhs, prog-ney-] / ˈprɒg nə θəs, prɒgˈneɪ- /




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Sutherland was famously prognathous, but Poplavskaya's jaw – angular, horizontally extended to give her square face the look of a cubist carving – is even more extraordinary.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2011

Buchman, a mild, prognathous giant with a Jeremiah Johnson beard, has been working at sculpture for six years.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Georgy she is dumpy, vaguely prognathous, warm and plain as a suet pudding.

From Time Magazine Archive

The regal bearing and the profile with its generous, slightly prognathous jaw remain intact.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forty-seven snubs by forty-seven hooks; forty-seven receding by forty-seven prognathous chins.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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