pelosity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pilosus (“hairy”), from pilus (“hair”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelosity (uncountable)
- (formal) pilosity; hairiness
- 1918-20, James Joyce, Ulysses
- To Bloom: the problems of irritability, tumescence, rigidity, reactivity, dimension, sanitariness, pelosity.
- 1995, Anthony Burgess, Byrne:
- Sex, not in pornographic black and white, / But in bright hues – the rod’s monstrosity, / The opposed pudenda and their rich pelosity.
- 1918-20, James Joyce, Ulysses
Usage notes
[edit]- The Oxford English Dictionary cites pelosity as an irregular form of pilosity.