Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being bald.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or condition of being bald.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
bald (said of a human).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
Etymologies
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Examples
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Still trying to wrap my hairless head around the idea that baldness is an illness that needs curing. serial catowner Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Policy Implications of Non-Commercial Production 2010
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KJ knows I secretly dread the day I start going bald (when this "pig fur" will be gone from the world forever), so the other day she said that she read somewhere that male baldness is caused by an abundance of hormones that usually indicated health in ... ahem ... other areas.
And One to Grow On Jessica 2008
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Or, “100% of male pattern baldness is caused by men”?
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Of course we’re still left with the question of why the women in this society are more competitive than the men, but at least we can hope that genetics will explain it (e.g sort of like how baldness is more common in men then women, but women can still be bald, etc.).
Are Men Really More Competitive Than Women? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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With his trademark lollipop and “who loves you, babe?” catchphrase, Telly Savalas put the boldness in baldness.
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Then have someone else suggest that the manuscript is a forgery, a major clue being the reference to baldness, which is too close to your own lack of hair to be coincidental.
Archive 2009-08-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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Then have someone else suggest that the manuscript is a forgery, a major clue being the reference to baldness, which is too close to your own lack of hair to be coincidental.
Bad Boy Bible Study James F. McGrath 2009
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From the rest of his well-groomed, showy appearance, it was evident his baldness was a chagrin to him.
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A definition is not sound if it only applies in cases where the difference is glaring: the essential purpose of a definition is to provide a mark which is applicable even in marginal cases -- except, of course, when we are dealing with a conception, like, e.g. baldness, which is one of degree and has no sharp boundaries.
The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921
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I noticed that he was rather bald, and in the middle of his baldness was a kind of little knob.
On Nothing and Kindred Subjects Hilaire Belloc 1911
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