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Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre (remove hair). The regular outcome in Catalan would have been *pelucar; the ⟨ll⟩ /ʎ/ was taken from pell (skin, pelt).

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pellucar (first-person singular present pelluco, first-person singular preterite pelluquí, past participle pellucat)

  1. (transitive) to pick at (food), to nibble

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References edit

  • “pellucar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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