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单词 follicly
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folliclyadv.

Brit. /ˈfɒlᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈfɑləkli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: follicle n., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: Irregularly < follicle n. + -ly suffix1. Compare follically adv., and also earlier (more regularly formed) follicularly adv.
humorous.
With regard to the hair or hair follicles. Chiefly forming compounds, esp. in follicly challenged: going bald, balding, bald (see challenged adj. 2b); = follicularly challenged at follicularly adv. 2.
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1991 Democrat & Chron. (Rochester, N.Y.) 27 July a8/2 BULB, the Bald Urban Liberation Brigade..is distributing posters of such alleged celebrity cue balls as Larry Hagman and Charles Bronson with their toupees airbrushed off... Don't the follicly-challenged have rights to cover their domes?
1996 R. L. Cooper Double-bind ii. 27 God even knows the number of hairs on your head (which..since I am follicly impaired, would not take long to count!)
2003 Times 31 Jan. (T2 section) 14/1 The various members [of rock bands] had little to complain about follicly at that time.
2009 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 1 Dec. c7 (caption) The follicly-blessed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, shown in this self-portrait, could have been the original eyebrow goddess.
2015 S. J. Bennett 365 Rules of New World 132 There may be a couple of things it's too late for... Grow an afro..(yes, I'm follicly challenged now).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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