tapinocephalic, tapeino-,a.Anthrop.|təˌpaɪnəʊsɪˈfælɪk|[f.Gr. ταπεινός low + κεϕαλή head + -ic: see cephalic.]Of the nature of, or having, a low flattened skull. So taˌpinoˈcephalism, taˌpinoˈcephaly, the condition of being tapinocephalic.1878Bartley tr.Topinard's Anthrop. i. v. 176 Tapinocephalic.Ibid. Index, Tapinocephaly.1886Jrnl.Anthrop.Inst. XVI. 150 The skulls thus agree with the ordinary Bushman skull in most respects being microseme, platyrhine, tapeinocephalic.1897Ibid. XXVII. 281 The former inclining to tapeinocepahlism.1898A. C. Haddon Study of Man ii. 47 The East Anglians have a form of skull slightly different to that of the South Saxons. It is rather broader, less tapeinocephalic (i.e. less low in the crown).