† plicatileadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plicātilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin plicātilis capable of being folded (Pliny) < plicāt- , past participial stem of plicāre to fold (see plicate v.) + -ilis -ile suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pli·kătil, -əil) /ˈplɪkətɪl/ /-aɪl/.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Capable of being folded or convoluted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] > able to be

plicatile1655

folding1863

foldable1893

fold-up1894

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [adjective] > qualities of

mandant1543

plicatile1655

sensorial power1794

1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. x. 349 Whether these Images or Impresses consist in a certain posture or motion of the Plicatile Fibres, or subtile threds of which the brain consists.

2. Entomology. Designating insect wings which are folded longitudinally when at rest.

ΚΠ

1773 T. P. Yeats tr. C. Linnaeus Inst. Entomol. 7 The wings..are either Plain, stretched out..without folds; Plicatile, folded up; [etc.].

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 336 Plicatile... When the wings at rest are folded in one or more longitudinal plaits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	plicatile
释义	† plicatileadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plicātilis. Etymology: < classical Latin plicātilis capable of being folded (Pliny) < plicāt- , past participial stem of plicāre to fold (see plicate v.) + -ilis -ile suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pli·kătil, -əil) /ˈplɪkətɪl/ /-aɪl/. Obsolete. rare. 1. Capable of being folded or convoluted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] > able to be plicatile1655 folding1863 foldable1893 fold-up1894 the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [adjective] > qualities of mandant1543 plicatile1655 sensorial power1794 1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. x. 349 Whether these Images or Impresses consist in a certain posture or motion of the Plicatile Fibres, or subtile threds of which the brain consists. 2. Entomology. Designating insect wings which are folded longitudinally when at rest. ΚΠ 1773 T. P. Yeats tr. C. Linnaeus Inst. Entomol. 7 The wings..are either Plain, stretched out..without folds; Plicatile, folded up; [etc.]. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 336 Plicatile... When the wings at rest are folded in one or more longitudinal plaits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1655
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