— baldish , adj. — baldly , adv. — baldness , n.
/bawld/ , adj.
1. having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
2. destitute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain.
3. lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned: a bald prose style.
4. open; undisguised: a bald lie.
5. Zool. having white on the head: the bald eagle.
6. Auto. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.
v.i.
7. to become bald.
n.
8. ( often cap. ) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
[ 1250-1300; ME ball ( e ) d, equiv. to ball white spot (cf. Welsh bal, Gk phaliós having a white spot) + -ed -ED 3 ]
Syn. 4. bare, barefaced, flagrant, patent, utter, out-and-out, downright, flat-out.