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pertussal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-tus-sal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English pertussis Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pertussal From pertussis + -al.

Questions

What does pertussal mean?
Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.
Where does pertussal come from?
Etymology tree English pertussis Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pertussal From pertussis + -al.

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