epilate
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Etymology edit
From e- + Latin pilus (“hair”) + -ate.
Verb edit
epilate (third-person singular simple present epilates, present participle epilating, simple past and past participle epilated)
- To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.
- 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)[1]:
- Cæsar was proud of his physical beauty, and, like some modern inverts, he was accustomed carefully to shave and epilate his body to preserve the smoothness of the skin.
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to remove hair — see depilate