pileous

Adjective

pileous (comparative more pileous, superlative most pileous)

1. (not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair.
   • Another frequent affection of the labia majora, is vulvular folliculitis of Hulguier, that is to say the inflammatlon of the numerous pileous and sebaceous glands of this organ.1861, Friedrich Wilhelm Von Scanzoni, H. Dor, A. Socin, transl., A Practical treatise on the diseases of the sexual organs of women, page 563
   • A thyroid lack is usually characterised by skin infiltration, by dryness and desquamation, by depletion of the pileous system,[…].1949, René Maurice Gattefossé, Technique of Beauty Products, page 166
2. (comparable) Covered with hair; hairy.
   • This rare species might, but for the rugose and pileous epidermis and more depressed form, readily be confounded with the preceding.1861, W. Newcomb, Catalogue of Helices Inhabiting the West Coast of America, North of Cape St. Lucas and West of the Rocky Mountains: American Journal of Conchology, volume 1, page 342
   • One cannot help but wonder whether the concerns ultimately had root in the presence of a diminutive, pileous, and swarthy Mediterranean atop a military vehicle, instead of our accepted Anglo-Saxon image of leadership and might.2008, John Tehranian, Whitewashed: America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority, page 17