This week's theme: whose what? widow's peak (WID-oz peek) noun
A V-shaped hairline at the center top of the forehead. [From the former belief that this feature in a woman was an omen that she'd outlive her husband, as in those days a widow wore a mourning hood with a pointed crest.] Earlier, this feature in a man was known as a widower's peak, though today widow's peak is a unisex term. It's not known what the superstition said when two people with widow's peak married each other. Examples of people with widow's peaks: John Travolta, Count Dracula. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=widow's+peak -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Tall, slim and more Draculesque than ever with his sunken cheeks, widow's peak and grey sidewings, [Jan] Garbarek led a virtuosic quartet by example." Jack Massarik; The Enigma Soars to a Sparky Beat; The Evening Standard (London, UK); Nov 19, 2007. Sponsored by: Orijinz, the new word and phrase origins card game. A great stocking stuffer, fun on a road trip, dinner party or family game night. http://entspire.com Bounce it! Stretch it! Tear it! Mold it! Make Thinking Putty your super stocking stuffer. Huge handfuls. Awesome colors. http://puttyworld.com Get revenge on Scrabble nerds and their silly short odd words. Play WildWords. Win with long words and creative thinking. See how at: http://www.wildwords.us Earn an MBA degree in your spare time with no GMAT or Thesis required. 100% ONLINE! Apply online or for more info: http://MBARegis.com/WS ........................................................................... Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. -Henry Fielding, author (1707-1754) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/widows_peak.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/widows_peak.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/widows_peak.html
