Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the capability to remove hair.
- noun A preparation in the form of a liquid or cream that is used to remove unwanted hair from the body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the property of removing hair from the skin.
- noun An application used to remove hair without injuring the texture of the skin; specifically, a cosmetic employed to remove superfluous hairs from the human skin, as calx sulphurata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the quality or power of removing hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That
removes hair - noun A
preparation that removes hair from the body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective able to remove hair or render hairless
- noun a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides
- noun a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair
Etymologies
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Examples
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A good depilatory is still a desideratum, the best perfumers of London and Paris have none which they can recommend.
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{Pring Street U#lum More than anything, with stupendous size, in butch-looking Tilly Endurables for Women, and tough-girl goatee, proof certainly against any over-the-counter depilatory, that is what she was A bully, a thug ....
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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The hair depilatory he was using gave him a strong reaction.
Sacha Baron Cohen on “Brüno”: “I won’t do it again.” Here’s why: » Scene-Stealers 2009
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Over the ages, Jewish men have used depilatory creams and powders made from nasty stuff that took off the beard.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: Matisyahu's Beard Goes Missing, Jewish World In A Panic Rabbi Yonah Bookstein 2011
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Over the ages, Jewish men have used depilatory creams and powders made from nasty stuff that took off the beard.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: Matisyahu's Beard Goes Missing, Jewish World In A Panic Rabbi Yonah Bookstein 2011
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The film takes its title from a sticky mixture used in Lebanon as a depilatory.
'Incendies' Burns With Mystery, Truth Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Voldepussy had also had an accident with her facial depilatory.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Russell in Failureland. 2010
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Ornidyl can no longer be bought for love or money but Aventis, and later, Bristol-Myers Squibb, began to market eflornithine to the West as Vaniqa, a prescription-only facial depilatory.
Harriet A. Washington: Gene Patenting Produces Profits, Not Cures Harriet A. Washington 2010
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Ornidyl can no longer be bought for love or money but Aventis, and later, Bristol-Myers Squibb, began to market eflornithine to the West as Vaniqa, a prescription-only facial depilatory.
Harriet A. Washington: Gene Patenting Produces Profits, Not Cures 2010
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Voldepussy had also had an accident with her facial depilatory.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Russell in Failureland. 2010
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