Meaning of pulvillio | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of perfumed cosmetic powder, applied to the skin, hair or wig.

archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.”

“[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.”

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