A person who is bald or has very little hair on their head; often used as a nickname or informal term.
From 'bald' (Middle English 'balled', possibly from Old Norse) plus the diminutive suffix '-y'. First recorded in the 1800s as a colloquial term.
Interestingly, humans are the only primates that regularly go bald from natural aging—it's connected to testosterone levels and genetics unique to our species, which is why 'baldy' is such a distinctly human insult!
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