Definition of Pertused

1. pertuse [adj] - See also: pertuse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertused

perturbative
perturbatively
perturbativity
perturbator
perturbators
perturbatour
perturbatours
perturbed
perturber
perturbers
perturbing
perturbingly
perturbs
pertusate
pertuse
pertused (current term)
pertusion
pertusions
pertussal
pertusses
pertussis
pertussis-like syndrome
pertussis immune globulin
pertussis immunoglobulin
pertussis syndrome
pertussis toxin
pertussis toxins
pertussis vaccine
pertussises
pertuzumab

Literary usage of Pertused

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"Buds at first granulate, soon elongated and stipitate, and their pertused substance expanding into a net-work. Apothecia occur on the more aged branches, ..."

2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"Buds at first granulate, soon elongated and stipitate, and their pertused substance expanding into a net-work. Apothecia occur on the more aged branches, ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"... or pertused, pierced with holes ; punched. ii Obtuse, blunt, not acute or pointed ; dull ; not sharp or shrill. ..."

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