Definitions
the top of the head
Word origin
From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).
Used in a sentence
“He had a shiny, bald pate.”
“For his vnhappynes ſhall come vpon his owne heade, ⁊ his wickednes ſhall fall vpon his owne pate.”
“The whole benighted, blooming crew, The Puddin'-thieves, the Usher too, Are being beaten black and blue With bottles on the pate.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Top of the head”4 letters
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