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English
Etymology
From Latin calvitium (“baldness”), from calvus (“bald”).
Pronunciation
Noun
calvity (countable and uncountable, plural calvities)
- (uncountable) Baldness.
- 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 usually uncountable.