pertussal

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adjective

Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.

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Meanings

adjectivepertussal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.

    […] the friendly and eloquent monarch would be interrupted by a pertussal "backdraucht" in a crowd of school-children.

    1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Origin

From pertussis + -al.

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Translations

Spanish pertúsico, tosferínico
  • pertúsicopertaining to pertussis
  • tosferínicopertaining to pertussis

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pertussal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertussal

MLA

“pertussal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertussal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pertussal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertussal.

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