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- Latin · derived fromcontundere“pound or beat small”
- English todaycontuse
From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).
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contuse
Today it means: To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise. Full definition →
Latin contundere