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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pill/pɪl/

▶noun

1 a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.
■ (the Pill) a contraceptive pill.

2 informal, dated a ball.

3 informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person.

▶verb (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface.

– phrases
a bitter pill an unpleasant or painful necessity.
sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable.

– origin ME: ult. from L. pilula ‘little ball’, dimin. of pila.

'pill' also found in these Oxford entries:

bolus - combined pill - goofball - goolie - mini-pill - morning-after pill - peel - pep pill - pill-popper - poison pill - sleeping pill - tablet - willet

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