pica.
A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
Meaning & usage
A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
A magpie.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”). Doublet of pie (“magpie”). * (pathology): From the idea that magpies will eat almost anything.
A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
A font of this size.
A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin pica (“pica: a service book”), possibly from Latin pīca (“magpie”) after the piebald appearance of the typeset page (cf. pie (“disordered type”)). The relation to the printer's measure is unclear, as no edition of the text in pica type is known. The French pica derives from English rather than vice versa.
Archaic form of pika (“small lagomorph”).
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