n1. obsolete a bald head or a man with a bald head2. dialect a pitiable person[C16: literally: peeled garlic]
pil•gar•lic
(pɪlˈgɑr lɪk)
n. 1. a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity. 2. Obs. a baldheaded man. [1520–30; earlier pyllyd garleke literally, peeled garlic, (metaphorically, a bald man); see peel1, garlic]pil•gar′lick•y,adj.