lanuginose
adjective
covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
lanuginous
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a variation of
lanuginose.
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a word derived from
lanugo.
lanugonouna coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
Example Sentences
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Of course, the plaster removes this soft lanuginous growth with the hardier one, and for that reason should be left severely alone.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Helen Follett Stevans
Were we to go back to the pyrotechnics of romanticism, rewrite the lanuginous works of the Cherbuliez and Feuillet tribe, or, worse yet, imitate the lachrymose storiettes of Theuriet and George Sand?
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
