Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forelocked

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-locked
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of forelock

adj

Having a forelock (lock of hair covering the forehead).

Example Sentences

"I see the chariot, where, / Throughout the purple air, / The forelock'd monarch rides: / Arm'd like some antique vehicle for war, / Time, Hoary Time! I see thy scythed car, / In voiceless majesty,"
"I have a $5 bill in my pocket — it's Lincoln's sour black head moled wrinkled, forelocked too, big eared, flags of announcements flying over the bill […]"
"2016, thetravelerzone.com "Sardinia — A Paradise That Waits to be Explored," 2 May, 2016, https://web.archive.org/web/20160808041431/http://www.thetravelerszone.com/travel-destinations/sardinia-a-paradise-that-waits-to-be-explored/ The rare inhabitants of the island include the seemingly gravity-defying mouflon (a type of mountain sheep) and the shaggy-looking forelocked albino donkeys whose origins are mysterious."

Questions

What does forelocked mean?: simple past and past participle of forelock

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