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crinosity

crinosity noun: hairiness.

Noun

crinosity (usually uncountable, plural crinosities)

  1. (usually) hairiness
    • […] and as the dean immediately proceeded, scissors in hand, to begin the desired excision, the Bishop, alarmed for the fate of his beautiful crinosity, represented that Easter was too good a feast to be sullied by such an operation.1857, Theodore Edward Hook, Precepts and Practice, page 86

Forms of crinosity

pluralcrinosities

Questions about crinosity

What does crinosity mean?
Crinosity means hairiness.
What part of speech is crinosity?
Crinosity is a noun.
What is the plural of crinosity?
The plural of crinosity is crinosities.

Words near crinosity in the dictionary

  1. crinolines
  2. crinophagic
  3. crinophagy
  4. crinose
  5. crinosities
  6. crinosity
  7. crinosterol
  8. crinozoan
  9. crins
  10. crinum
  11. crinums

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