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Webster 1913 Edition

Pilulous

Pil′u-lous

,

Adj.

[L.

pilula

a pill. See

.]

Like a pill; small; insignificant.

[R.]

G. Eliot.

Definition 2024

pilulous

pilulous

English

Adjective

pilulous ‎(comparative more pilulous, superlative most pilulous)

Resembling a pill or pilula.
- 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 2
  Has anyone ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintanceship?