Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calvity

/ˈkælvɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: calvi-ty
IPA: /ˈkælvɪti/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

noun

An area of skin that has become bald.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 […]."

Etymology

From Latin calvitium (“baldness”), from calvus (“bald”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

calvities (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce calvity?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkælvɪti/.
What does calvity mean?: Baldness.
Where does calvity come from?: From Latin calvitium (“baldness”), from calvus (“bald”).

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