baldy
/ˈbɔl.di/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead!""
- "Look at it this way. If you gonna lose your hair then you have two options. 1: Be baldy and out of shape 2: Be baldy and in great shape"
- "And he's baldy as well."
- "I know for a fact it causes people to speak in riddles and in tongues, it makes people pregnant, even virigins, causes floods, tornadoes, heatwaves - I know a fellow who was bushy haired when he joined AA, now he's baldy, another woman acquaintance was able to swim before she joined, now she can't, not a stroke."
- "We are baldy apes who, over the years, have let our superior brain power mess us and the planet up."
- "Think about it. I don't *need* any of you to like me. And who would seriously want to be liked by a group of identity-hiding malcontents who spend half their lives arguing about any old crap when they aren't busy pretending not be baldy middle aged men?"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English baldy From bald + -y (nominalizing suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɔl.di/
- British English: /ˈbɔːl.di/