Etymology

pertuse

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Today it means: pierced or punched with holes Full definition →

Latin pertusus
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  1. Latin · derived frompertusus
  2. English todaypertuse

From Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere (“to beat or thrust through, to bore through”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpertusus all →

pierce

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