ˈforeheaded, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
Having (a) forehead.
1. With adj. or adv. prefixed, as high foreheaded, low foreheaded, well foreheaded. † tender-foreheaded: modest, meek.
| 1591 [see forehanded a. 1]. 1659 Gauden Tears of Church 47 The Gnosticks..were tender-foreheaded..people compared to those high-crested and Seraphick Sophisters. 1670 Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1711) 64 These People are..low Fore-headed. 1892 Pall Mall G. 30 Jan. 3/1 High-foreheaded, colourless Madonnas. |
† 2. Hardened with effrontery, brazen. Obs.
| 16.. Pain Let. to Feild in Heylin Hist. Presbyt. (1670) 278 This For-headed Age. |