forkhead en · NOUN
Etymology
From fork + head.
Meanings
- A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
- The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
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(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
With that at him a quiv'ring dart he threw, / With so fell force, and villeinous despite, / That through his haberjeon the forkehead flew, / And through the linked mayles empierced quite […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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(euphemistic, form-of, qualifier:minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
form of fuckhead
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forkheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |