plicate

[ adjective plahy-keyt, -kit; verb plahy-keyt ]

adjective

1. Also plicat·ed. folded like a fan; pleated.

verb (used with object)

, pli·cat·ed, pli·cat·ing.

1. Surgery. to perform plication on.

plicate

/ ˈplaɪkeɪt /

adjective

1. having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated

   plicate rock strata

   a plicate leaf

Derived Forms

• ˈplicately, adverb
• ˈplicateness, noun

Other Words From

• plicate·ly adverb
• plicate·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of plicate¹

1690–1700; < Latin plicātus, past participle of plicāre to fold, ply ²; -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of plicate¹

C18: from Latin plicātus folded, from plicāre to fold

Example Sentences

He has a great eye for detail, but he also has a touch of the epiphenomenal imbroglios: "we listened to the muffled crepitations coming from inside"; eyebrows "plicate" foreheads.

From The Guardian

Seeds globose or angled.—Stems terete, from coated bulbs, with few plicate leaves, and few fugacious flowers from 2-bracted spathes.

From Project Gutenberg

The internal coat was plicated, as if too large for the lumen.

From Project Gutenberg

Sesquidū′plicate, being in the ratio of 2� to 1, or 5 to 2.

From Project Gutenberg

It is in a great mountain-chain that the extraordinary complication of plicated and faulted structures in the crust of the earth can be most impressively beheld.

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Related Words

• bend
• crimp
• curl
• knit
• tuck