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Webster 1913 Edition
Glabrous
Gla′brous
,Adj.
[L.
glaber
; cf. Gr. [GREEK] hollow, smooth, [GREEK] to hollow.] Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glabrous
GLA'BROUS
,Adj.
Smooth; having an even surface.
Definition 2024
glabrous
glabrous
English
Adjective
glabrous (comparative more glabrous, superlative most glabrous)
- Smooth, hairless; bald.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
- ‘I am bound by precedent,’ said the First Lord, turning a vast glabrous expressionless face from Harte to Sir Joseph.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
- Adriaan rose, pulling out his limbering glabrous cock, his eyes happy.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 143:
- The glabrous old head cranks round on him, stiff and slow, until the clouded eyes draw level with his own.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
Translations
Smooth, hairless