Pronounced: SIGH-zuhm, noun
Notes: I didn’t have any idea of the definition, but after I saw it, I felt rather dumb
Yesterday’s word
The word glabrous means “smooth; especially having a surface without hairs or projections”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word has been used by poets to refer to a bald man’s head, but it is more often found in scientific descriptions and refers to skin that never had hair (such as the palms). It came from the Latin word glaber (smooth; hairless).
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