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English
Etymology
From Spanish polvillo, diminutive of polvo (“dust, powder”). Compare later pulvil.
Noun
pulvillio (countable and uncountable, plural pulvillios)
- (now rare, historical) A kind of perfumed cosmetic powder, applied to the skin, hair or wig.
1711 May 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, May 12, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 63; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, , volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., , →OCLC:[H]is own skull, at the same instant, descended upon the side of his couch with such violence, that his periwig was struck off, and the whole room filled with pulvilio.