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Definition of widow's peak in English: widow's peaknoun A V-shaped growth of hair towards the centre of the forehead. a judge with a grey thatch combed back from a diving widow's peak Example sentencesExamples - He was a handsome, elegant-looking man with dark hair that formed a widow's peak and a thin moustache.
- I've a steadily increasing widow's peak and I wear my hair exceeding short.
- She had a high forehead and a widow's peak where her hair started out dark, then gradually lightened.
- Beneath the widow's peak of dyed blond hair, his face, as faces do, is beginning to pucker and billow.
- He has a pronounced widow's peak and the hair on his knuckles crawls over his wedding band.
Origin Mid 19th century: so called because it was formerly believed to be a predictor of widowhood for a woman. Definition of widow's peak in US English: widow's peaknoun A V-shaped growth of hair toward the center of the forehead. a judge with a gray thatch combed back from a diving widow's peak Example sentencesExamples - He was a handsome, elegant-looking man with dark hair that formed a widow's peak and a thin moustache.
- Beneath the widow's peak of dyed blond hair, his face, as faces do, is beginning to pucker and billow.
- I've a steadily increasing widow's peak and I wear my hair exceeding short.
- She had a high forehead and a widow's peak where her hair started out dark, then gradually lightened.
- He has a pronounced widow's peak and the hair on his knuckles crawls over his wedding band.
Origin Mid 19th century: so called because it was formerly believed to be a predictor of widowhood for a woman. |