pulvillio

noun

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

   archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

   Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.

Where it comes from

From Spanish polvillo, diminutive of polvo (“dust, powder”). Compare later pulvil.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pulvillio (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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