Map of the Whorl

Villus

The smallest boy at the Sun St. mantaeon.

The meaning is not yet clear to me, but the name Villus is sexually ambivalent. I include it here because I consider it unlikely that the ambiguity of so obscure a word as "villus" could have escaped Wolfe's attention.

  1. A minute projection arising from the small intestine

  2. Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.

Commentary

His name is sexually ambivalent.  It seems unlikely that the ambiguity of so obscure a word as "villus" could have escaped Wolfe's attention.

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