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beetle-browed

American  
[beet-l-broud] / ˈbit lˌbraʊd /

adjective

  1. having heavy projecting eyebrows.

  2. scowling or sullen.

beetle-browed British  

adjective

  1. having bushy or overhanging eyebrows

  2. sullen in appearance; scowling

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Etymology

Origin of beetle-browed

1325–75; Middle English bitel-browed, probably with bitel sharp(-edged), Old English *bitel ( see beetle 1); see brow, -ed 3

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