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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.
[L. glaber, allied to Eng. glib.
Smooth; having an even surface.

Definition 2024


glabrous

glabrous

English

Adjective

glabrous (comparative more glabrous, superlative most glabrous)

  1. 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.

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