pulvillio

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

See pulvil.

Noun

pulvillio (countable and uncountable, plural pulvillios)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, often kept in a small bag.
    • Addison
      Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pulvillio in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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