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   pill

   /pɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole: "an overdose of sleeping pills"
   • ▪ an oral contraceptive in pill form: "is she on the pill?"
   • 2. a tedious or unpleasant person. informal, dated
   • 3. (in some sports) a humorous term for a ball. informal, dated

   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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