Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling a pill; pilular; hence, small; inconsiderable; trifling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Like a pill; small; insignificant.
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- adjective Resembling a
pill orpilula .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Has any one,' asks George Eliot, in 'Middlemarch,' 'ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintance?'
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of prematrimonial acquaintanceship?
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy George Willis Cooke 1885
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Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of prematrimonial acquaintanceship?
George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy Cooke, George W 1884
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Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre - matrimonial acquaintanceship?
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Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintanceship?
Middlemarch 1871
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Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintanceship?
Pearls of Thought Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintanceship?
Middlemarch George Eliot 1849
hernesheir commented on the word pilulous
The tiny balls that form on one's woolens with wear are pilulous, if not trifling. Use a fabric shaver or de-piller if you must.
January 10, 2012
qms commented on the word pilulous
When I was in elementary school (a very long time ago) there lived a man in the neighborhood who was known as "Crosspatch Crosley." Mr. Crosley may have had a gentle side to him but he never showed it to the kids. To set foot on his lawn would draw him out fuming like Grendel defending his hoard. Even to slacken your pace while using the sidewalk in front of his house would bring an angry glower from the window.
I do not know whether he left a legacy of descendants or friends. I suspect that all evidence of his having existed is gone save for faint unpleasant memories in the minds of a few aged children. This is sad.
Old Crosspatch, by nature quite bilious,
Took umbrage at much that was pilulous.
Since posses of boys
Do much that annoys
He made it his business to bully us.
October 10, 2015