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Definition of "glabrous" []

  • Having no hairs, projections, or pubescence; smooth: a glabrous scalp; glabrous leaves. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "glabrous" in a sentence
  • "Anyone can imitate him, in mediocre fashion, by tossing around words like "glabrous" and "foetor.""
  • "Everyone's favourite glabrous, middle-brow, populist television philosopher, Alain de Botton is back with a book on The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work."
  • "To his admirers, and they are legion, the glabrous Ailes is something else entirely — a valiant freedom-fighter standing up to the perfidious liberal media elite."