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depilatories

depilatories is the plural of depilatory.

Meaning of depilatory

Noun

depilatory (plural depilatories)

  1. A preparation that removes hair from the body.
    • When Bilkis Queen of Sheba discovered her legs by lifting her robe (Koran xxvii.), Solomon was minded to marry her, but would not do so till the devils had by a depilatory removed the hair.1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar...

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Questions about depilatories

What is depilatories the plural of?
Depilatories is the plural of depilatory.

Words near depilatories in the dictionary

  1. depilates
  2. depilating
  3. depilation
  4. depilations
  5. depilator
  6. depilatories
  7. depilators
  8. depilatory
  9. depilitant
  10. depilitants
  11. depillar

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