pelosity

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/pɪˈlɒsəti/

noun

pilosity; hairiness

OriginLatin pilosus →
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Meanings

nounpelosity (uncountable)
  1. formaluncountablepilosity; hairiness

    1918-20, James Joyce, Ulysses To Bloom: the problems of irritability, tumescence, rigidity, reactivity, dimension, sanitariness, pelosity.

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    Sex, not in pornographic black and white, / But in bright hues – the rod’s monstrosity, / The opposed pudenda and their rich pelosity.

    1995, Anthony Burgess, Byrne

Origin

  1. Latinpilosus“hairy”
  2. Englishpelosity

From Latin pilosus (“hairy”), from pilus (“hair”).

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APA

pelosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelosity

MLA

“pelosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelosity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pelosity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelosity.

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