Balden

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make bald transitive

    "Now Champou's partner was the Court barber, and by the use of a peculiar hair oil which the two of them had concocted, they soon managed to balden the pates of all the male aristocracy of the place."

  2. 2
    To become bald intransitive

    "At 65 years old, the top of his head had baldened, but gray patches surrounded his ears."

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"Now Champou's partner was the Court barber, and by the use of a peculiar hair oil which the two of them had concocted, they soon managed to balden the pates of all the male aristocracy of the place."

Etymology

From bald + -en.

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