baldness Definition

bald
adj

1. Said of a person: having little or no hair on their head.

Thesaurus: hairless, shaven, clean-shaven, bare, depilated, shiny, smooth, naked, glabrous ; Antonym: hairy, covered.
2a. Said of birds or animals: not having any feather or fur;
2b. Said of birds or animals: having white markings on the face.
3. Bare or plain.

Example: the bald truth
Thesaurus: direct, simple, straightforward, forthright, unadorned, bare, plain, severe, unvarnished, blunt.

Derivative: balding
adj

Becoming bald.

Derivative: baldly
adverb

In a plain and often hurtful way.
Example: told them baldly they were not wanted

Derivative: baldness
noun

The partial or total loss of hair from parts of the body where it normally grows, especially the head. Technical equivalent alopecia.

Idiom: bald as a coot

Completely bald.

Etymology: 15c: from the bird's area of bare white skin on the forehead. &clock; 14c: perhaps from balled rounded.

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