glabrous
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡlæbɹəs/
[edit] Adjective
glabrous (comparative more glabrous, superlative most glabrous)
- smooth, hairless, bald.
- 1973 Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
- ‘I am bound by precendent,’ said the First Lord, turning a vast glabrous expressionless face from Harte to Sir Joseph.
- 1974 Guy Mattison Davenport, Tatlin!
- Adriaan rose, pulling out his limbering glabrous cock, his eyes happy.
- 1973 Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
