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hypsi- (iou) and Capp, Al (sh)


hypsi- (iou)



hypsi- combining form.
[Repr. Greek hupsi- on high, aloft: see -I-.]
Used in senses 'high', 'height'.
hypsice'phalic adjective (Anthropology) having a skull that is high and broad in relation to its anteroposterior length L19.
hypsiconch ,
hypsi'conchic adjectives (Anthropology) in which the orbit of the eye is high in relation to its width E20.
hypsiconchous adjective (Anthropology) = hypsiconch(ic) L19.
hypsiconchy noun (Anthropology) the condition of being hypsiconchic E20.
hypsi'thermal adjective designating a period of the Holocene when the northern hemisphere was relatively warm, usually put at about 8000 to 1000 BC M20.

Capp, Al (sh)




orig. Alfred Gerald Caplin

born Sept. 28, 1909, New Haven, Conn., U.S.
died Nov. 5, 1979, New Haven, Conn.

U.S. cartoonist.

He studied landscape architecture before turning to cartooning. His comic strip Li'l Abner first appeared in the New York Mirror in 1934 and was soon being syndicated throughout the country. Set in the backwoods community of Dogpatch, U.S.A., it featured Li'l Abner, a shy, awkward woodsman; Daisy Mae, a persistent maiden who succeeded in catching Abner after a 17-year pursuit; and a host of colourful characters.