pilgarlic

[ pil-gahr-lik ]

noun

1. a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
2. Obsolete. a baldheaded man.

pilgarlic

/ pɪlˈɡɑːlɪk /

noun

1. obsolete.
   a bald head or a man with a bald head
2. dialect.
   a pitiable person

Other Words From

• pil·garlick·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pilgarlic¹

1520–30; earlier pyllyd garleke literally, peeled garlic, originally metaphor for a bald man, whose head is compared to a peeled garlic bulb. See pill ², garlic

Word History and Origins

Origin of pilgarlic¹

C16: literally: peeled garlic

Example Sentences

Yes, that was his name; but I called him Old Pilgarlic, blame him.

From Project Gutenberg

So don't I, quoth Panurge; poor pilgarlic is fain to make everybody's time his own; if they have time, I find time.

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The light one shall be Peezletree and the dark one Pilgarlic.

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Related Words

• figure of fun
• laughingstock
• object of ridicule