a priori vs bald

a priori

adj
  • Presumed without analysis. 

  • Self-evident, intuitively obvious. 

  • Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. 

  • Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages. 

adv
  • In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. 

bald

adj
  • Unembellished. 

  • Of tyres: whose surface is worn away. 

  • Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head. 

  • Having no hair, fur or feathers. 

  • Without evidence or support being provided. 

  • Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head. 

  • Denuded of any covering. 

verb
  • To become bald. 

noun
  • A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. 

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