Baldness
[bɔːldnɪs] or ['bɔldnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.
Typist: Wolfgang
Examples
- If I am reserved to wear a wig, I am at least prepared, externally,' in allusion to his baldness, 'for that distinction. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The fat of the lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, goose, serpent, and wild goat, in equal parts, served as a prescription for baldness. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His broad, grizzled head, with its shining patch of baldness, was in the immediate foreground of our vision. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Rosedale still stood before her in an expectant attitude, and she continued to face him in silence, her glance just level with his polished baldness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The glare of the unshaded gas shone familiarly on her pock-marked face and the reddish baldness visible through thin strands of straw-coloured hair. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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