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Word entry · 8 letters

forehead

Best crossword clue

"Part above the eyes"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɔːhɛd/Part of speech nounSorted adeefhorStarts with FEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits

Word origin

From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).

Used in a sentence

  • Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility

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