English Explanatory Dictionary

pilly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
  2. Characterized by or involving many pills.
noun
  1. Pill.
  2. A pillhead.
  3. The lilly-pilly.
  4. Pilchard.
  5. One who rides pillion.
noun
  1. pillow

Word forms

pilly pillier pilliest pillies

Etymology

From pill + -y. In some cases, pill is a clipping of a longer word.

Related words

lilly-pilly pilly willy

Derived words

pilliness
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