Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. · Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid). · Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill. · Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. · To form into the shape of a pill. · To medicate with pills; to administer pills to. · To take recreational drugs in pill form.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pil-? Latin pilus? Latin pila Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin pilula, pillulabor. Middle Low German pilleder. Middle Dutch pilleder. Middle English pille English pill From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula. * (persuade or convince): Generalized from red pill.
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"Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).",
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