depilate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1575; borrowed from Latin dēpilātus, perfect passive participle of dēpilō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛpɪleɪt/
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Verb

depilate (third-person singular simple present depilates, present participle depilating, simple past and past participle depilated)

  1. To remove hair from the body.
    Synonyms: epilate, hair
    • 1999, Franco Mormando, The Preacher’s Demons: Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy, →ISBN, page 38:
      In Siena, the donkey upon which Bernardino had traveled so many miles was literally and thoroughly depilated in the mad rush for miracle-working relics.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

depilate

  1. inflection of depilare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

depilate f pl

  1. feminine plural of depilato

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Latin

Verb

dēpilāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēpilō

Spanish

Verb

depilate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of depilar combined with te