"calvous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkælvəs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-uk-calvous.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more calvous [comparative], most calvous [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin calvus (“bald, hairless”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂wós, from *kalw- (“bald; naked”) + *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems)) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kalw-}}, {{bor|en|la|calvus||bald, hairless}} Latin calvus (“bald, hairless”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kl̥h₂wós}} Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂wós, {{m|ine-pro|*kalw-||bald; naked}} *kalw- (“bald; naked”), {{m|ine-pro|*-wós|pos=suffix forming adjectives from verb stems}} *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems), {{suffix|en||ous|pos2=suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality}} + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality) Head templates: {{en-adj}} calvous (comparative more calvous, superlative most calvous)
  1. (formal, medicine, rare) Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless. Tags: formal, rare Categories (topical): Medicine, Hair Synonyms: glabrous
    Sense id: en-calvous-en-adj-VuxCB0P2 Disambiguation of Hair: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 47 53 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (botany, rare) Lacking bristles or pappuses. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-calvous-en-adj-o3jDuTel Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 47 53 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: calvities, calvity

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