Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small pill or pellet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little pill or pellet.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French pillule, from Latin pilula; see pill.]

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Examples

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  • Then, significantly, and with a touch of impatience, "Allez," she added, "et dites bien à votre bonhomme — entendez-vous? — qu'il faut avaler la pilule."

    Nostromo: a Tale of the Seaboard 1904

  • The body is dumpy, tapering to an acorn-shaped posterior; the legs are very long, resembling those of the spider when outspread; the hinder legs are disproportionately long and curved, being thus excellently adapted to enlace and press the little pilule of dung.

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

  • The pilule has to be matured, given a proper consistency.

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

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    The Case of Summerfield 1849

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