Armenoid, a.
(ˈɑːmənɔɪd)
[G. armenoïd (F. von Luschan 1892, in Archiv f. Anthrop. (Correspondenz-Bl.) Oct. 98/2); cf. Armenian and -oid.]
Of or pertaining to a type of the Alpine race of ancient western Asia. Also absol. and as n.
| 1899 A. H. Keane Man, Past & Present xii. 457 Armenoid, akin to von Luschan's pre-Semitic of Asia Minor. Ibid. xiii. 514 E. Chantre constitutes in Western Asia an Armenoid group. 1911 F. von Luschan in Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. XLI. 244 When I first upheld in 1892, in my paper on the anthropological position of the Jews, the homogeneous character of these groups, I called them ‘Armenoids’. 1934 F. Stark Valleys of Assassins ii. 193 This is an Armenoid type of head, with marked flattening of the occiput. 1935 Huxley & Haddon We Europeans iv. 122 The so-called ‘Jewish’ nose is really Armenoid. Ibid. vi. 178 The Armenoid..type is widely distributed in the near East. This ethnic type is of medium stature, stocky and fleshy. |