pertingent

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adjective

Touching; having direct contact with.

Similar
juxtacrine
OriginLatin pertingent →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivepertingent (comparative more pertingent, superlative most pertingent)

comparative more pertingent · superlative most pertingent

  1. human sciencesTouching; having direct contact with.

    The -C column applies to suffixes that consist of a lone consonant such as pertingent -t and locative -xʼ, but plural -xʼ is excluded due to morphosemantic cooccurrence constraints.

    2024 January 22, James A. Crippen, Tlingitology Seminar Notes: Background and Morphology, University of British Columbia

    Synonyms: juxtacrine

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTouching; having direct contact with.

Similar
juxtacrine
Also see
juxtacrinetouching

Origin

  1. Latinpertingent
  2. Englishpertingent

Ultimately from Latin pertingent.

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Cite this entry
APA

pertingent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertingent

MLA

“pertingent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertingent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pertingent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertingent.

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