widow's peak

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈwɪdoz ˈpiːk/
- /ˈwɪdoz piːk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈwɪdoz ˈpiːk/

Definitions of widow's peak words

noun widow's peak a point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead. 1
noun widow's peak a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead 0
noun widow's peak a point formed by hair growing down in the middle of a forehead: formerly supposed to foretell early widowhood 0

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Origin of widow's peak

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Widow's peak

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widow's peak popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.