"Shaven"

[David A. Daniel]

To remove any lingering doubt, here's a link to Popeye the Sailor in
"Clean Shaven Man."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_cxY3EbqYI
DAD


Quoting Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>:

> Both sound OK, but "shaved" sounds better to me.
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
>
>> > Subject:      "Shaven"
--
>> >
>> > Is it dead?! I was describing to my wife a man who had a "shaven" head
>> > and she corrected the adjective to "shaved," automatically! WTF?! Has
>> > "shaven" gone the way of "proven"?!
>> --
>>
>> "Shaven head" seems natural to me, "shaved head" also natural. I'm not
>> sure which I would more often say.
>>
>> Always "clean-shaven" though, I think.
>>
>> -- Doug Wilson
>>

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