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Definition of Depilous
1. Adjective. Completely hairless.
Definition of Depilous
1. a. Hairless.
Definition of Depilous
1. Adjective. hairless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depilous
Literary usage of Depilous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sia by Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1894)
"When the world was new, people were depilous except upon their heads. The coyote
said (animals could communicate with men then): "It is not well for you to ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"... they had short depilous tails, long ears, and webbed feet and hands, and their
bodies and heads were covered with moss, a lengthy tuft being on the fore ..."
3. Sir Thomas Browne by Edmund Gosse (1905)
"... and depilous." To the indestructible character of the skin of the salamander,
he objects that ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"DEPARTING, (de-part'-ing) as A going away ; separation. DEPILATORY, (de-pi'-la-tnr-e)
a. Taking away the hair. depilous, (de-pi'-lns) a. Without hair. ..."
5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... s. an application used to take aw.iy hair depilous, di-pl'liis- a. without hair
Depletion, ..."
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