Calvity

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Latin calvitium, from calvis ‘bald’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'kælvɪti/

Noun

calvity

1. baldness

   • 1972: He wore his own hair – what there was left of it: short tight curls round a shining calvity, though he was in his thirties, no more – and he looked like one of the fatter, more jovial Roman emperors — Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain