baldness

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bald/bɔːld/

▶adjective

• 1 having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair.

  ■ (of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers.

• 2 (of a tyre) having the tread worn away.

• 3 (of language) plain; blunt.

– derivatives
balding adjective,
baldish adjective,
baldly adverb,
baldness noun.

– origin ME: prob. from an OE base meaning ‘white patch’.