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brillo pad

noun

Etymology

From a trademark, probably related to brilliant. The company has claimed that the name derives from a Latin word for bright, but there is no such fitting word in attested Latin; the ancestor of such verbs as Italian brillare (“to shine”) would be a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *b(e)rillāre.

  1. derived from *b(e)rillō✻

Definitions

  1. A scouring pad used for cleaning dishes, made from steel wool containing soap.

  2. The hair on the scalp of a black person.

  3. A black person.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA