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pelosity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /pɪˈlɒsəti/

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noun

Meaning 1

pilosity; hairiness

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal, uncountable

Examples

  • 1918-20, James Joyce, Ulysses To Bloom: the problems of irritability, tumescence, rigidity, reactivity, dimension, sanitariness, pelosity.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin pilosus (“hairy”), from pilus (“hair”).