Definition of Pilosity

1. Noun. The quality of having hair.

Exact synonyms: Hairiness
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Specialized synonyms: Hirsuteness, Hirsutism
Antonyms: Hairlessness
Derivative terms: Hairy

Definition of Pilosity

1. n. The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness.

Definition of Pilosity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being pilose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pilosity

1. the state of being pilose [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilosity

pilomatrixoma
pilomotor
pilomotor fibres
pilomotor reflex
pilon fracture
pilonidal
pilonidal cyst
pilonidal fistula
pilonidal sinus
pilose
pilosebaceous
pilosebaceous unit
pilosebaceous units
pilosis
pilosities
pilosity (current term)
pilot
pilot-hole
pilot balloon
pilot balloon observation
pilot biscuit
pilot bit
pilot blacksnake
pilot boat
pilot bread
pilot burner
pilot chart
pilot cloth
pilot engine
pilot experiment

Literary usage of Pilosity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Investigations in the Military and Anthropological Statistics of American by Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1869)
"pilosity of Negroes. The question as to the relative amount of pilosity, or general hairiness of body, in the white and black races is one of some ..."

2. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1859)
"Beasts are more hairy than men, and savage men more than civil, and the plumage of birds exceedeth the pilosity of beasts. The cause of the smoothness in ..."

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