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English
Etymology
From French dépilatoire.
Pronunciation
Adjective
depilatory (comparative more depilatory, superlative most depilatory)
- That removes hair
Translations
Noun
depilatory (plural depilatories)
- A preparation that removes hair from the body.
1885, Richard F Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Shammar edition, volume IV, : Burton Club , →OCLC:When Bilkis Queen of Sheba discovered her legs by lifting her robe (Koran xxvii.), Solomon was minded to marry her, but would not do so till the devils had by a depilatory removed the hair.
Translations
preparation that removes hair from the body