Definition
A widow's peak is a distinct point in the hairline in the corner of the forehead; it is a dominant inherited trait, and typically does not skip generations. There are varying degrees of the peak. People who do not have a widow's peak have a hairline that runs straight across.
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Famous quotes containing the word definition:
“Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity?
Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all?
Is the eternal truth man’s fighting soul
Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?”
—Richard Eberhart (b. 1904)
“It is very hard to give a just definition of love. The most we can say of it is this: that in the soul, it is a desire to rule; in the spirit, it is a sympathy; and in the body, it is but a hidden and subtle desire to possess—after many mysteries—what one loves.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“One definition of man is “an intelligence served by organs.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)