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plastick

plastick is the archaic form of plastic.

Meaning of plastic

Adjective

plastic (comparative more plastic, superlative most plastic)

  1. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
    • the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady.', Folio Society 1973, page 103
    Antonyms:
    elastic
  2. (archaic) Producing tissue.
  3. (dated) Creative, formative.
    • Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
  4. Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
  5. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
  6. Made of plastic.
    • A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

See all 18 meanings of plastic

Forms of plastick

Adjective
comparativemore plastick
superlativemost plastick
Noun
pluralplasticks

Questions about plastick

What is plastick the archaic form of?
Plastick is the archaic form of plastic.

Words near plastick in the dictionary

  1. plasticized
  2. plasticizer
  3. plasticizers
  4. plasticizes
  5. plasticizing
  6. plastick
  7. plasticked
  8. plasticks
  9. plasticky
  10. plasticless
  11. plasticly

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