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depilation|dɛpɪˈleɪʃən|
[ad. med. or mod.L. dēpilātiōn-em, n. of action from dēpilāre to depilate. So in F.; in 13th c. depilacion (Hatzf.).]
1. The action of depriving or stripping of hair; the condition of being void of hair.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cci. 69 b, Depilacion of a mannes heare. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. iv. 67 [They] pluck off all the haire of their Eye-brows, taking great pride..in that unnaturall depilation. 1861Wright Ess. Archæol. I. vii. 131 The practice of depilation prevailed generally among the Anglo-Saxon ladies. 1877Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 616 The depilation of the members is not always complete; younger specimens..show..hairy tail and feet.
†2. The action of spoiling or pillage. Obs.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. x. (1632) 661 Orders for brideling their excessive depilations [i.e. of the Pope and his agents]. 1687T. K. Veritas Evang. 37 The Depilations of Promoters, and other Under Officers. |