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adj
Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, rare
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: glabrous
Antonyms: hairy, hirsute, nonglabrous
adj
Lacking bristles or pappuses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin calvus (“bald, hairless”) (of unclear origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h2wós or *kalw- (“bald; naked”), from a root *kl̥H- + *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems)) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality).
