"pileous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɪliəs/ Forms: more pileous [comparative], most pileous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪliəs Etymology: From Latin pilus + -eous, perhaps by alteration of pilous or pilose. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pilus}} Latin pilus, {{suffix|en||eous}} + -eous Head templates: {{en-adj}} pileous (comparative more pileous, superlative most pileous)
  1. (not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair): شَعْرِيّ (šaʕriyy) (Arabic), валасяны́ (valasjaný) (Belarusian), włosowy (Polish), волосяно́й (volosjanój) (Russian), волосяни́й (volosjanýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pileous-en-adj-MlO0ACY- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eous, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eous: 88 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair': 96 4
  2. (comparable) Covered with hair; hairy. Tags: comparable
    Sense id: en-pileous-en-adj-oZ38tgMV
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          "ref": "1949, René Maurice Gattefossé, Technique of Beauty Products, page 166:",
          "text": "A thyroid lack is usually characterised by skin infiltration, by dryness and desquamation, by depletion of the pileous system,[…].",
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          "text": "What pileous sculptures was the young man creating on that lovely head?",
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          "ref": "1861, W. Newcomb, Catalogue of Helices Inhabiting the West Coast of America, North of Cape St. Lucas and West of the Rocky Mountains: American Journal of Conchology, volume 1, page 342:",
          "text": "This rare species might, but for the rugose and pileous epidermis and more depressed form, readily be confounded with the preceding.",
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          "ref": "2008, John Tehranian, Whitewashed: America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority, page 17:",
          "text": "One cannot help but wonder whether the concerns ultimately had root in the presence of a diminutive, pileous, and swarthy Mediterranean atop a military vehicle, instead of our accepted Anglo-Saxon image of leadership and might.",
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          "ref": "2010, Muriel Lede, The Sacrament of Conception, page 264:",
          "text": "All of her attention is focused on surveying the rippled surface of my sturdy, pileous torso. I encourage her by stroking down her hair.",
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