hairlessadj.
/ˈhɛːlɪs/ Without or destitute of hair; bald; glabrous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > [adjective] > having no
calloweOE
balda1400
hairless1552
pilled-skinned1576
unhairy1576
unfeatheredc1600
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Heerles or without heere, or hauing no heere, depilis.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diij The..sunne..Whose beames vpon his hairelesse face are fixt.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pelé,..pild, hairelesse, bauld.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 523/1 In front this region is concave and hairless.
1883 19th Cent. May 759 A toothless, hairless, slow-limbed animal.
Derivatives
ˈhairlessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] > state of having no
smoothness1626
hairlessness1871
1871 Athenæum 27 May 649 This marvellous people (of which hairlessness..is one of the masculine phenomena).
1875 J. Hawthorne in Contemp. Rev. XXV. 556 His head is hatless..not to mention its hairlessness.
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