Definitions

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  • Made or consisting of hair.

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  • adjective obsolete Made, or consisting, of hair.

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  • adjective obsolete Made, or consisting, of hair.

Etymologies

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Latin cilicium a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair, from Cilicious Cilician, from Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor.

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  • a 'hairy' sub(ob)ject

    April 19, 2009