pliks
“pliks” is a Latvian word. Its 13 meanings in English:
adjective
- naked, nude (not having clothes, or shoes)
- bald (not having hair)
- without leaves, without further growth (branches, twigs, bark)
- without plants, without plant life, vegetation; without trees or plants nearby
- without, or with little, snow
- naked (without or with little furniture; without comfort)
- undeveloped
- poor
- bare (by itself, without anything in addition)
- without side dishess, without sauce, bare
- bare (without justification or evidence; inconclusive)
- bare, naked (without explanation, without illustrative material, without artistic style)
interjection
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *plikas, from Proto-Indo-European *plēy-, *plī- (with an extra suffix *-ko), from *pel-, *pʰel, *spʰel- (“to cleave, to split off, to cast off”) (whence also plēst (“to rend, to tear”)). Originally, pliks meant “that from which hair, feathers, skin etc. have been removed” (compare plika vista with vista (“hen”)), then “without fur, without hair” (compare plika galva “bald…
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