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the only bone that can win an argument without saying a word.
means The bone just below your eye that gives the upper cheek its shape and prominence, technically part of the zygomatic structure of the face.
from A plain English compound of "cheek" and "bone." "Cheek" comes from Old English "cēace," meaning the jaw or the fleshy side of the face — a word with cousins across the old Germanic tongues. "Bone" descends from Old English "bān," also solidly Germanic. So the word is exactly what it looks like: two ancient, sturdy English words bolted together to name the place where the face shows its architecture.
- latin name
- zygomatic, from the Greek for yoke
- face frame
- anchors muscles that let you smile
- impact zone
- first to break in a sideways punch
- sun shield
- its prominence shades the eyes below
- beauty signal
- high ones read as youth and health
for instance
angelina jolie's cheekbones — renowned for their extreme prominence, often cited as a defining feature of her appearance since the 1990s