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baldy

nounadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbɔːl.di//
  • United States//ˈbɔl.di//

Someone who is bald.

noun

  1. 1

    informalSomeone who is bald.

    Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead!"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English baldy From bald + -y (nominalizing suffix).

adjective

  1. 1

    informalSomewhat bald; balding.

    Look at it this way. If you gonna lose your hair then you have two options. 1: Be baldy and out of shape 2: Be baldy and in great shape

    And he's baldy as well.

    I know for a fact it causes people to speak in riddles and in tongues, it makes people pregnant, even virigins, causes floods, tornadoes, heatwaves - I know a fellow who was bushy haired when he joined AA, now he's baldy, another woman acquaintance was able to swim before she joined, now she can't, not a stroke.

    We are baldy apes who, over the years, have let our superior brain power mess us and the planet up.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English baldy From bald + -y (“somewhat”).

Forms

plural
baldies
comparative
more baldy
superlative
most baldy
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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