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plicature

/ˈplɪkət͡ʃə(ɹ)/

plicature noun: a doubling; a fold; a plication.

Noun

plicature (plural plicatures)

  1. (archaic outside sciences) A doubling; a fold; a plication.
    • For no man can unfold / The many plicatures ſo cloſely preſt / At loweſt verge.1640 (date written), H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΟΖΩΙΑ [Psychozōia], or A Christiano-platonicall Display of Life, […]”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge...

Forms of plicature

pluralplicatures

Origin of plicature

From Latin plicatura, from plicare (“to fold”).

Questions about plicature

What does plicature mean?
Plicature means a doubling; a fold; a plication.
What part of speech is plicature?
Plicature is a noun.
How do you pronounce plicature?
Plicature is pronounced /ˈplɪkət͡ʃə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of plicature?
The plural of plicature is plicatures.

Words near plicature in the dictionary

  1. plication
  2. plications
  3. plicatulate
  4. plicatulid
  5. plicatulids
  6. plicature
  7. plicatures
  8. Plichta
  9. Plichtas
  10. plicidentine
  11. plicidentines

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