单词 | pilgarlic |
释义 | pilgarlic[ pil-gahr-lik ] / pɪlˈgɑr lɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pilgarlic ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity. Obsolete. a baldheaded man. Origin of pilgarlic1520–30; earlier pyllyd garleke literally, peeled garlic, originally metaphor for a bald man, whose head is compared to a peeled garlic bulb. See pill2, garlic OTHER WORDS FROM pilgarlicpil·gar·lick·y, adjectiveWords nearby pilgarlicpileup, pileus, pilewort, pilfer, pilferage, pilgarlic, pilgrim, pilgrimage, Pilgrimage of Grace, pilgrim bottle, Pilgrim Fathers Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pilgarlic
British Dictionary definitions for pilgarlicpilgarlic / (pɪlˈɡɑːlɪk) / nounobsolete a bald head or a man with a bald head dialect a pitiable person Word Origin for pilgarlicC16: literally: peeled garlic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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