calvity

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/ˈkælvɪti/

noun

Baldness.

OriginLatin calvitium →
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Meanings

nouncalvity (countable and uncountable, plural calvities)

plural calvities

  1. uncountableBaldness.
  2. countableuncountableAn area of skin that has become bald.

    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 […].

    1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
baldness

Origin

  1. Latincalvitium“baldness”
  2. Englishcalvity

From Latin calvitium (“baldness”), from calvus (“bald”).

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APA

calvity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calvity

MLA

“calvity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calvity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calvity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calvity.

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