Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology: The upper part of the epicranium of an insect, including the front and vertex.
- With some writers, the whole head-case or cranium.
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- noun
Calvados , an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy. - noun The
calvaria ; the dome or roof of the skull.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Venus ipsa non placeret comis nudata, capite spoliata, si qualis ipsa Venus cum fuit virgo omni gratiarum choro stipata, et toto cupidinun populo concinnata, baltheo suo cincta, cinnama fragrans, et balsama, si calva processerit, placere non potest
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“Diphyllodes respublica” by Prince Buonaparte, and still later, “Schlegelia calva,” by Dr. Bernstein, who was so fortunate as to obtain fresh specimens in Waigiou.
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Epicranium: the upper part of the head from the front to the neck: often used to include front, vertex and genae: = calva.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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The occasion presses: and _fronte capillata est, post haec Occasio calva_.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Monmouths, and Shaftesburys, and Argyles are gone; their Dutch sanctuary is at an end; Heaven has made way for their destruction, and if we do not close with the Divine occasion we are to blame ourselves, and may remember that we had once an opportunity to serve the Church of England by extirpating her implacable enemies, and having let slip the minute that Heaven presented, may experimentally complain, _Post est occasio calva_.
Political Pamphlets George Saintsbury 1889
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Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva: true either in Latin or English!
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Carlyle, Thomas 1883
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The same bird was afterwards named "Diphyllodes respublica" by Prince Buonaparte, and still later, "Schlegelia calva," by Dr. Bernstein, who was so fortunate as to obtain fresh specimens in
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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_Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva: _ true either in Latin or English!
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Gratiarum choro stipata, et toto Cupidinum populo comitata, et balteo suo cincta, cinnama fragrans, et balsama rorans, calva processerit, placere non potent nee Vulcano suo.
Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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The '' 'Wenatchee Mountains Checker-mallow' '' (Sidalcea oregana var. calva) is a very rare
oroboros commented on the word calva
A scalp with no hair. (via NPR's Says You)
January 10, 2010
bilby commented on the word calva
In Italian it means 'bald' (feminine singular).
January 10, 2010
biocon commented on the word calva
Calva also denotes the calvarium, the upper part of the human cranium. L. calva = 1. bald head; 2. scalp; 3. skull.
August 11, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word calva
"2. With some writers, the whole head-case or cranium." --CD&C
October 14, 2011