ain
adj.adj. having no hair on the head. You use this word to describe a bald person.
adj. devoid of hair on the scalp; bald.
The old monk had an ain head.
The sculptor carved the ain head of the statue with smooth, polished stone.
In classical portraiture, the ain head often symbolised wisdom or ascetic devotion, stripping away vanity to reveal the mind's clarity.
Borrowed from French Ain.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Usage
Archaic or literary; rarely used in modern everyday speech.
Last updated May 4, 2026