baldnessn.

Etymology: < bald adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbaldness.

1. Absence or loss of hair, esp. from the head.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no

baldnessa1382

alopeciaa1398

pillednessa1398

callownessa1400

bald-patedness1611

calvity1623

pattern baldness1916

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xiv. 1 Ȝe shulen not kut, ne make ballidnes [a1425 L.V. ballidnesse, 1535 Coverd. baldnesse.]

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xxi Ȝif mete is to skarse, it..bredeþ ffallynge of heer and ballidnesse.

a1448 in R. Gloucester's Chron. 482 (note) The harme of ballednesse.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 115 The thinnesse, smoothnesse, and baldnesse of the skinne [of chameleons].

1705 J. Swift Salamander And there corrupting to a wound, Spreads leprosy and baldness round.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vii. 73 Baldness is busy with his crown.

figurative.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlvii. 5 Ther cam ballidnesse vp on Gasam.1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 221 Conquest may cover its baldness with its own laurels.

2. transferred. Lack of natural covering; e.g. the bareness of an unwooded country.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > condition of

barrennessa1425

nakedness1750

aridity1835

baldness1840

1840 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mountains ix. 72 The legend..accounts for the baldness of the mountain.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 103 The baldness of the land..made it impossible to get under cover.

3. figurative. Meagre simplicity or poverty of style; lack of ornament; bareness, nakedness.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > baldness

poverty1597

jejunity1623

jejuneness1655

baldness1781

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxiii. 74 Borde has all the baldness of allusion, and barbarity of versification, belonging to Skelton.

1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold I. iv. 186 From the baldness of his earlier works to the vigorous English of his mature age.

1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. iii. 87 The harshness and baldness of Puritan worship.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	baldness
释义	baldnessn. Etymology: < bald adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbaldness. 1. Absence or loss of hair, esp. from the head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no baldnessa1382 alopeciaa1398 pillednessa1398 callownessa1400 bald-patedness1611 calvity1623 pattern baldness1916 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xiv. 1 Ȝe shulen not kut, ne make ballidnes [a1425 L.V. ballidnesse, 1535 Coverd. baldnesse.] 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xxi Ȝif mete is to skarse, it..bredeþ ffallynge of heer and ballidnesse. a1448 in R. Gloucester's Chron. 482 (note) The harme of ballednesse. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 115 The thinnesse, smoothnesse, and baldnesse of the skinne [of chameleons]. 1705 J. Swift Salamander And there corrupting to a wound, Spreads leprosy and baldness round. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vii. 73 Baldness is busy with his crown. figurative.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlvii. 5 Ther cam ballidnesse vp on Gasam.1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 221 Conquest may cover its baldness with its own laurels. 2. transferred. Lack of natural covering; e.g. the bareness of an unwooded country. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > condition of barrennessa1425 nakedness1750 aridity1835 baldness1840 1840 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mountains ix. 72 The legend..accounts for the baldness of the mountain. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 103 The baldness of the land..made it impossible to get under cover. 3. figurative. Meagre simplicity or poverty of style; lack of ornament; bareness, nakedness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > baldness poverty1597 jejunity1623 jejuneness1655 baldness1781 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxiii. 74 Borde has all the baldness of allusion, and barbarity of versification, belonging to Skelton. 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold I. iv. 186 From the baldness of his earlier works to the vigorous English of his mature age. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. iii. 87 The harshness and baldness of Puritan worship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382
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