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Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *pūlicāre, from Latin pūlex, pūlicem. Compare Aromanian puric, puricari, Logudorese puligare, Sardinian pulicare. Superficially, and semantically, resembles Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre and its reflexes.

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a purica (third-person singular present purică, past participle puricat) 1st conj.

  1. (popular, familiar) to clean of fleas
  2. (figuratively) to examine very attentively

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