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Synonyms for bald

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bawld
Phonetic Transcription : bɔld

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Définition of bald

Origin :
  • c.1300, ballede, probably, with Middle English -ede adjectival suffix + Celtic bal "white patch, blaze" especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, gleam;" see bleach (v.)). Cf., from the same root, Sanskrit bhalam "brightness, forehead," Greek phalos "white," Latin fulcia "coot" (so called for the white patch on its head), Albanian bale "forehead." But connection with ball (n.1), on notion of "smooth, round" also has been suggested. Bald eagle first attested 1680s; so called for its white head.
  • adj having no covering
  • adj simple, unadorned
Example sentences :
  • He was short and fat and bald, with little eyes, but with a look like an eagle.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • Such is a brief and bald account of the most famous of these pirates.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • There was the Bald'in, stand-by old and good as bread; and there were all the rest.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Her house, with all its show of luxury, still had its bald spots.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Then the red biled up in his face and over his bald head like a Fundy tide.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • God strengthen my arm this hour and show me the bald places!
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • Turban and shasheeah had fallen off, and the bald crown of his head was bare.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • A little later her wig fell off, and for an instant her head was bald.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He was a short, stout man with sandy side-whiskers and a bald head.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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