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calvity

  • /ˈkælvɪti/

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

noun calvities

  1. uncountable Baldness.
  2. countable, uncountable An 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 […].

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"calvity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/calvity.

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@misc{calvity_2026,
  title = {calvity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calvity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}