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Webster 1913 Edition

, a.

[OE.

bitelbrowed

; cf. OE.

bitel

, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See

an insect.]

Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.

☞ The earlier meaning was, “Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows.”

Adj.

Having prominent brows.

beetle-browed ‎(comparative more beetle-browed, superlative most beetle-browed)

making an unfriendly or sullen face
- Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey! - “Middle Age : A Romance” (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 173)

making an unfriendly or sullen face