Meanings
nounwidow's peak (plural widow's peaks or widows' peaks)
plural widow's peaks · plural widows' peaks
- A descending V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
“I like your hair,” Grace said, gently pulling at the clump standing armed sentinel over my widow's peak. “It's honest.”
2010, Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story, Random House, →ISBN, page 154
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 美人尖, 美人髻
- 美人尖 (měirénjiān)V-shaped point in the hairline
- 美人髻 (měirénjì)V-shaped point in the hairline
- 三棱髻 (sānléngjì)V-shaped point in the hairline
Danish enketop
- enketopV-shaped point in the hairline
Finnish leskenlippa, muotoinen hiusraja
- leskenlippaV-shaped point in the hairline
- muotoinen hiusrajaV-shaped point in the hairline
French pic de veuve
- pic de veuveV-shaped point in the hairline
Portuguese bico de viúva
- bico de viúvaV-shaped point in the hairline
Russian мыс вдовы
- мыс вдовы (mys vdovy)V-shaped point in the hairline
Spanish pico de viuda
- pico de viudaV-shaped point in the hairline
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Chicago
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