widow's peak
2
6.7
- noun
- /ˈwɪdoʊz piːk/
:
pico de viuda
- A wisp of blonde hair from his widow's peak fell almost into his blue eyes.
- a dark widow's peak
- a sharp widow's peak
Examples
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His hairline was perfect and made a widow's peak a little too low on his brow.
Fiction book (1991) -
Even dressed this way, she looked so much like her grandmother, Lila, with her widow's peak, that Belle almost called her by that name.
Fiction book (1990) -
Even in black and white, you could see he had high color and a beautiful widow's peak.
Fiction book (1999) -
All right, on three say, "Messer has a widow's peak. "
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Last summer, when we shook hands, I noticed that she had a widow's peak, which I have, too.
Fiction book (1998) -
My whole life, this widow's peak has been a problem, causing my hair to remain jaggedly parted.
Fiction book (1998) -
She focused on Devon's widow's peak but refused to meet his eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
His hair receded from a wispy widow's peak high on his forehead.
Fiction book (1998) -
I leaned over and kissed her hairline, right where the dark streak of her widow's peak begins.
Fiction book (1994) -
His dark hair framed his face, accentuating his distinctive widow's peak.
Synonyms
The point where the hairline meets the middle of the forehead
A point where the hairline meets the middle of the forehead used for measuring the face
How Pointed
2
6.7
1
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
widow's + peak
The noun 'peak' clearly signals a pointed top, so learners who know 'peak' can infer a pointed shape; however 'widow's' is an arbitrary possessive label whose connection to hairline shape is cultural/idiomatic rather than compositional. Because one constituent is transparent but the possessive element does not make the exact referent (a V-shaped hairline at the forehead center) fully predictable, the expression is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Widow's peak may come from one popular image: widows once wore pointed hoods that made a sharp 'V' at the forehead. So a hairline with the same 'V' was called a widow's peak, linking widow's, meaning the widow, and peak, meaning the point.