English

Adjective

epicanthic ‎(not comparable)

1. (anatomy, of a fold of skin) That partially covers the inner angle of the eye
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.215:

     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.

Usage notes

• Typical in many people from eastern Asia, but a congenital abnormality elsewhere.