hairless

[ hair-lis ]

adjective

1. without hair; bald:

   his pink hairless pate.

hairless

/ ˈhɛəlɪs /

adjective

1. having little or no hair
2. slang.
   very angry; raging

Other Words From

• hairless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hairless¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, hairless is from the late Middle English word hereles. See hair, -less

Example Sentences

His body is hairless, but he has a thin mane of spiky white hair on his head.

From NewsForKids.net

It differs from other plants mainly by its stem, as poison hemlock stem is hairless, smooth and with red to purple spots and streaks.

From Seattle Times

His body is hairless, but he has a thin mane of spiky white hair on his head.

From NewsForKids.net

“Once our noses had become our common tongue, I became as the great Ibn Sina, a cataloguer of scents and their meanings. A flick of coriander with a punctuation of lemon oil meant, Peace be upon your hairless scalp, O troll king, protector of the underland countries, and ruler of their sunless seas. Oddly, mugwort just meant, mugwort.”

From Literature

The largest ogre reached toward me, and I batted its monstrous, hairless paw aside.

From Literature

Related Words

• bald
• clean-shaven
• shaved