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plica polonica en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin plica (“plica”) + feminine singular form of Polonicus (“Polish”).

Meanings

  1. (historical, uncountable) A condition characterised by matted and unhygienic hair.
    • And perhaps the very essence of the Plica Polonica may be the hairs growing hollow, and of an unnatural constitution. 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, section XXXII: