Steep, lofty: see brant, n. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > types of (11) brentc1400 Steep, lofty: see brant, n. Obsolete. high?c1450 Of a person's forehead: large in distance from the eyes or eyebrows to the hairline or top of the head. Cf. high-browed, adj. 1. steep1509 Of a forehead: Upright, high. Obsolete. rare. high-browed?1614 Having a high forehead, with a relatively large distance between the eyes and the hairline or top of the head. broad-fronteda1616 bluff1665 Presenting a broad flattened front; esp. Of a broad face or forehead of people or animals. Obsolete. low-browed1734 Of a person or (in later use) a hominid or skull of a hominid: that has a low brow. Frequently depreciatively, with the implication of a small brain… lofty1798 Of flight: Soaring to a great height. Of the brow: Imposingly high. baby-browed1843 bluff-browed1851 bluff-bowed, bluff-browed, bluff-chested, bluff-headed (see sense 1a); bluff-head n. a bluff headland, the top of a bluff; also figurative as a… beautiful-browed1913 Parasynthetic, as beautiful-browed, beautiful-faced, beautiful-minded, etc., adjectives. |
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