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   pill

   /pil/

   noun

   • 1. a small round mass of solid medicine to be swallowed whole.
   • ▪ a contraceptive pill: "she is on the pill"
   • ▪ a tedious or unpleasant person.
   • ▪ (in some sports) a humorous term for a ball.

   Word Origin late Middle English: ultimately from Latin pilula ‘little ball’, diminutive of pila; compare with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pille.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pilular adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

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