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English
Etymology
From the Greek πηλος ‘clay, mud’.

Pronunciation
IPA: /pɪ'lɒsəti/

Noun
pelosity

1. muddiness

#:*1922: To Bloom: the problems of irritability, tumescence, rigidity, reactivity, dimension, sanitariness, pelosity. — James Joyce, Ulysses
#:*1995: Sex, not in pornographic black and white, /
But in bright hues – the rod’s monstrosity, /
The opposed pudenda and their rich pelosity. — Anthony Burgess, Byrne

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