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cellulite|ˈsɛljʊlaɪt, -iːt|
[a. F. cellulite (also) cellulitis: see cellule, -itis.]
A special lumpy form of fat supposed to occur in some women, esp. on the hips and thighs, sometimes producing a yellowish puckering of the skin.
1968Vogue 15 Apr. 110/1 Like a swift migrating fish the word cellulite has suddenly crossed the Atlantic. Ibid. 110/2 In Europe treatments for cellulite vary from acupuncture..to sea baths. 1969Daily Mail 28 Oct. 19/1 You scrub, either with a hard-core sponge from Switzerland..or a rather alarming double-action massage glove from France. This is said to combat that ugly, dimpled fat called cellulite. 1970L. Avedon Beautiful People's Beauty Bk. (1971) 71 Cellulite is that most unattractive fat that looks like orange rind when squeezed... Doctors object to the term as inaccurate. 1981I. Furstenberg Young at any Age 13 My thighs..(like many women's) accumulate cellulite easily. 1982S. Conran Lace xxxvii. 388 Joujou lay back on the bed, having her cellulite massaged away. 1983Belle (Austral.) July–Aug. 6/4 She proceeded to do her leg exercises. She has become obsessed by cellulite. |