epilate

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From e- + Latin pilus (hair) + -ate.

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epilate (third-person singular simple present epilates, present participle epilating, simple past and past participle epilated)

  1. To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.
    • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)[1]:
      Cæsar was proud of his physical beauty, and, like some modern inverts, he was accustomed carefully to shave and epilate his body to preserve the smoothness of the skin.

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