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pilule

[pil-yool]

pil·ule

[pil-yool]
noun
a small pill (contrasted with bolus).

Origin:
1535–45; < Latin pilula. See pile4, -ule
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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pilule (ˈpɪljuːl)
 
n
a small pill
 
[C16: via French from Latin pilula little ball, from pila ball]
 
'pilular
 
adj

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pilule pil·ule (pĭl'y&oomacr;l)
n.
A small pill or pellet.

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