— lanuginousness , n.
/leuh nooh"jeuh nohs', -nyooh"-/ , adj.
1. covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
2. of the nature of down; downy.
Also, lanuginous /leuh nooh"jeuh neuhs, -nyooh"-/ .
[ 1685-95; lanuginosus downy, woolly, equiv. to lanugin- (s. of lanugo; see LANUGO) + -osus -OSE 1 ]