bareheaded

See also: bare-headed

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Etymology

From bare +‎ headed.

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Adjective

bareheaded (not comparable)

  1. Having no covering on the head.
    • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 131:
      Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.
    • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 116:
      The Jew wears a headcover in order not to walk bareheaded.

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Adverb

bareheaded (not comparable)

  1. With no covering on the head.

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