English Explanatory Dictionary

pelurious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hairy.

Word forms

pelurious more pelurious most pelurious

Etymology

Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his novel Ulysses. From Anglo-Norman pelure (“pelt, fur, animal skin”) + -ious.

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