pated
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- adjective
- Literature
- Charlotte stood up and backed away from the solid-looking, bald-pated man.
- bald-pated
Examples
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Oh, do you want us to tell people again that they will be knotty-pated hedge pigs if they don't do your survey?
Blog text (6) -
What an addle-pated fool
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"Bah!" the bald-pated German cursed.
Fiction book (1996) -
Nader is a lawyer with little scientific training, but in his simple addle-pated mind, if a little airbag is good, a bigger, more powerful one would be better.
Blog text (8) -
Not the Chaucerian kind, bald-pated and stout, with a hooded robe, ribald humor and a penchant for wine.
Fiction book (1995) -
O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.
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The old man, with his bald-pated head shining in the sunlight, smiled at the children playing nearby.
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His bald-pated appearance was a source of pride, reflecting his years of wisdom and experience.
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The bald-pated figure at the front of the crowd spoke with authority during the town meeting.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pated comes from the simple word pate, which means 'head'. So pated describes the shape or condition of someone's head, as in 'bald-pated' for someone without hair.