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English word plastic comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) πλάσσειν, Ancient Greek (to 1453) πλάσσω, and later Latin plasticus (Of or pertaining to moulding or shaping.)
πλάσσειν (Ancient Greek)
πλάσσω (Ancient Greek)
πλαστικός (Ancient Greek)
plasticus (Latin)
Of or pertaining to moulding or shaping.
plastic (English)
(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.. (colloquial, metonym) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.. (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.. (slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.. A synthetic, thermoplastic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer.. Any similar synthetic material, not [...]