BALD

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English balled; probably akin to Danish dialect bældet ~, Latin fulica coot, Greek phalios having a white spot, Old English bǣl fire, pyre Date: 14th century 1. lacking a natural or usual covering (as of hair, vegetation, or nap), having little or no tread , marked with white, lacking adornment or amplification , undisguised , palpable , see: bare ~ish adjective ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. verb Date: 1602 transitive verb to make ~, intransitive verb to become ~