deplication

English

Etymology

From Latin deplicare (“to unfold”), from de- + plicare (“to fold”).

Noun

deplication (uncountable)

(obsolete) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting.
- 1648, Walter Montagu, Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies:
  an unfolding and deplication of the inside of this order

References

“deplication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

actinolepid, depictional, nepoticidal

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