Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or containing hair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with hair; hairy; pilose.
- Consisting of hair; hair-like; piliform: as. a pilous covering. Also
pileous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See
pilose .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered with fine
hair ;pilose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We've had such a pilous time, Pop, I've been telling Mother, just have to go. '
Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981
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Beginning at the age of puberty, however, the growth of hair is very much accelerated over the whole pilous surface of the body, particularly upon the face, in the axilla and over the pubic region.
The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male Winfield Scott Hall
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That an anomaly of the pilous system should be accompanied by an anomaly of dentition is quite conceivable without our having to call for a special principle of explanation; for hair and teeth are similar formations, [31] and the same chemical change of the germ that hinders the formation of hair would probably obstruct that of teeth: it may be for the same sort of reason that white cats with blue eyes are deaf.
Evolution créatrice. English Henri Bergson 1900
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"In the cold woman the pilous system is remarkable for the languor of its vitality; the hairs are fair, delicate, scarce and smooth, while in ardent natures there are little curly tufts about the temples."
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899
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A poor pilous system, on the other hand, Roubaud regarded as a probable though not an irrefragable proof of sexual frigidity in women.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899
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Aron 14.52 speaks of an operation for pilous dermoid of the ovary in a woman of seventy-five.
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Aron speaks of an operation for pilous dermoid of the ovary in a woman of seventy-five.
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I can not imagine that he will ever become a pilous adult, with harvests for the razor on that downy chin.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Various 1840
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