forehead

noun
/ˈfɔːhɛd/UK/ˈfɔɹˌhɛd/US

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from *forēhaubid
  2. inherited from forehēafod
  3. inherited from forhed

Definitions

  1. The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.

    • The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
  2. confidence

    confidence; audacity; impudence.

    • 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
  3. The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA