perclus
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin perclūsus (“obstructed”), past participle of perclūdō (“to seal shut”) (infinitive perclūdere).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
perclus (feminine percluse, masculine plural perclus, feminine plural percluses)
- crippled
- (figuratively) paralysed
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné, section XIII:
- J’étais demeuré à la fenêtre, immobile, perclus, paralysé.
- I was still at the window, motionless, frozen, paralysed.
Further reading[edit]
- “perclus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.