baldheaded

[ bawld-hed-id ]

adjective

1. having a bald head.
2. Nautical. (of a schooner rig) having no topmasts.

baldheaded

/ ˌbɔːldˈhɛdɪd /

adjective

1. having a bald head

Word History and Origins

Origin of baldheaded¹

First recorded in 1570–80; bald + head ( def ) + -ed ³( def )

Example Sentences

“Woke up and called us all baldheaded straight to our face. And we ain’t gone do SHH about it! PERIOD! 💁🏾‍♀️” wrote attorney and content creator Blake Gifford.

From Los Angeles Times

I remember watching MTV during that time and my jaw dropping at the sight of a baldheaded young woman with piercing eyes and a ferocious but vulnerable voice.

From Seattle Times

One, of a baldheaded man giving a sideways look, is so expressive, despite its simplicity, that I almost said hello.

From New York Times

The imposingly statured, baldheaded 53-year-old former mayor of Braddock, Pa., has ink of the Pittsburgh borough’s Zip code and the dates of every violent death that took place there while he served in office, as well as a Nine Inch Nails lyric: “I will make you hurt.”

From Washington Post

By the end of the fifth season, Saul has embraced full criminality, symbolized by an unsavory pilgrimage through the New Mexico desert, with the wonderful Jonathan Banks, who plays the baldheaded heavy Mike Ehrmantraut, at which point his metamorphosis is nearly complete: from a morally elastic but ultimately well-meaning guy into one who decides his good intentions have been punished so relentlessly that he should probably set them ablaze once and for all.

From New York Times

Related Words

• bare
• hairless
• naked