Calvity

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkælvɪti/

Origin

From Latin calvitium ("baldness"), from calvus ("bald").

Full definition of calvity

Noun

1. (uncountable) Baldness.
2. An area of skin that has become bald.
• 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain,He wore his own hair – what there was left of it: short tight curls round a shining calvity, though he was in his thirties, no more – and he looked like one of the fatter, more jovial Roman emperors ….

Usage notes

(baldness) The synonymous form calvities is more common. Though one appears to be the other's plural, in fact both forms are uncountable.