cilicious

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adjective

Made, or consisting, of hair.

OriginLatin cilicium →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivecilicious (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteMade, or consisting, of hair.

    a cilicious or sackcloth habit

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincilicium“a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair”
  2. Englishcilicious

From Latin cilicium (“a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair”), from Cilicious (“Cilician”), from Cilicia (“a province of Asia Minor”).

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APA

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Chicago

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