英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ɛpɪˈleɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

epilation (countable and uncountable, plural epilations)

1. (strictly) The removal of hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root.
   • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎:

     These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).

2. The removal of hair from the skin via the use of an epilator.

   Coordinate term: threading

上位語

• depilation

関連する語

• epilator

アナグラム

• nalipoite, polianite