widow’s peak

hair which is pointed at the front

TRANSLATION

widow = Witwe widow's peak = spitzer Haaransatz LEO

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

The first time I saw Edward on set he pulled back his hair and showed me his widow's peak. In the book, Monty Brogan has a widow's peak, but I hadn't mentioned it in the script. But Edward so wanted to be in character that he wore a prosthetic widow's peak for the entire shoot.

(Ian Hylands in bbc.co.uk - 21st February 2006)

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widow's peak
noun

A V-shaped point formed by the hair near the top of the human forehead.

Origin: From the superstition that it is a sign of early widowhood*.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

* widowhood = Witwenstand


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