Baldish

/ˈbɔːldɪʃ/ adjective

Definition

Somewhat bald or tending toward baldness; having areas of thinning hair but not completely bald.

Etymology

From 'bald' with the diminishing suffix '-ish,' which softens the descriptor, similar to how 'greenish' means somewhat green rather than purely green.

Kelly Says

The '-ish' suffix is brilliant for describing things that are kind of-sort of a quality—baldish, reddish, largish—it's a language hack for 'mostly but not quite' that English borrowed from Norse languages!

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