A person who is bald, or sometimes used as a teasing or insulting term; also certain bald-headed birds or fish.
Compound of 'bald' and 'head,' from Old English 'bæld' and 'heafod,' straightforward descriptive combination used since medieval times.
This simple compound shows how older languages loved literal compounds—want to describe someone bald? Just smash together 'bald' and 'head'! Modern English does this less, preferring the single adjective 'bald' instead.
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