calvity
Definitions
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- noun Baldness.
- noun An area of skin that has become bald.
Examples
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Nay, oftentimes calvity has to be simulated, and fictitious foreheads of canvas assumed.
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character
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Heads in an iron-gray or partially bald state -- varying from the first slight thinning of the locks to the time when they come to be combed over with a kind of "cat's cradle" or trellis-work look, to veil absolute calvity -- are now represented by the actors with a completeness of a most artistic kind.
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character
Note
The word 'calvity' comes from a Latin word meaning 'bald'.
