English
Etymology
From L. term|calvitium, from term|calvis||bald.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�kælvɪti/
Noun
en-noun|calvities
- uncountable bald|Baldness.
- An area of skin that has become bald.
#* 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain,
#*: 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 [�].
Usage notes
sense|baldness The synonymous form term|calvities is more common. Though one appears to be the other's plural, in fact both forms are uncountable.
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