According to
The Word Museum, a
blepharon is one who "hath great eyebrows. SEE
man[-]browed"
Man-browed is "[h]aving hair growing between the eyebrows. Here it is deemed unlucky to meet a person thus marked, especially if the first one meets in the morning. Elsewhere, it is a favourable omen. The term, I suppose, had been primarily applied to a woman, as by this exuberance indicating something of a masculine character, having brows like a man. SEE
blepharon"
I used to have a unibrow... when I was a wee little girl. So I guess I was a
blepharon and
man-browed! lol
EDIT:
Quote:
Originally Posted by crich70
I wonder if that's where we get the word 'blitzed' from?  |
I think so, Crich. It makes sense...