pilous
Example Sentences
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He'd begin with his gray spot and run the whole gamut of his pilous degradation.
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I can not imagine that he will ever become a pilous adult, with harvests for the razor on that downy chin.
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"In the cold woman the pilous system is remarkable for the languor of its vitality; the hairs are fair, delicate, scarce and smooth, while in ardent natures there are little curly tufts about the temples."
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A poor pilous system, on the other hand, Roubaud regarded as a probable though not an irrefragable proof of sexual frigidity in women.
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