bareheaded

adj, adv — 2 senses

bareheaded

adj

Etymology From bare + headed.

1

Having no covering on the head.

  • Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 131:
  • The Jew wears a headcover in order not to walk bareheaded.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 116:
Derived terms
bareheadedness

bareheaded

adv

Etymology From bare + headed.

1

With no covering on the head.

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