What does pelosity mean?
Pelosity means (formal) pilosity; hairiness.
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/pɪˈlɒsəti/ · noun
(formal) pilosity; hairiness.
1918-20, James Joyce, Ulysses To Bloom: the problems of irritability, tumescence, rigidity, reactivity, dimension, sanitariness, pelosity.
Sex, not in pornographic black and white, / But in bright hues – the rod’s monstrosity, / The opposed pudenda and their rich pelosity.
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Pelosity means (formal) pilosity; hairiness.
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1918-20, James Joyce, Ulysses To Bloom: the problems of irritability, tumescence, rigidity, reactivity, dimension, sanitariness, pelosity.
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