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ˈforeheaded, ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ed2.] Having (a) forehead. 1. With adj. or adv. prefixed, as high foreheaded, low foreheaded, well foreheaded. † tender-foreheaded: modest, meek.
1591[see forehanded a. 1]. 1659Gauden Tears of Church 47 The Gnosticks..were tender-foreheaded..people compared to those high-crested and Seraphick Sophisters. 1670Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1711) 64 These People are..low Fore-headed. 1892Pall Mall G. 30 Jan. 3/1 High-foreheaded, colourless Madonnas. †2. Hardened with effrontery, brazen. Obs.
16..Pain Let. to Feild in Heylin Hist. Presbyt. (1670) 278 This For-headed Age. |