perusal

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Etymology

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English peruse

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English perusal

From peruse + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuːzl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːzəl

Noun

perusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)

1. The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.
   1. Studying something carefully; a careful study.

      Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.

      • 1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Preface”, in A Dictionary of the English Language‎^[1]:

        Having therefore no assistance but from general grammar, I applied myself to the perusal of our writers;

      • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:

        These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

   2. Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.

Usage notes

See peruse § Usage notes.

Derived terms

• reperusal

Translations

studying something carefully

• Bulgarian: изучаване (bg) n (izučavane)
• Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), huolellinen lukeminen, tarkastelu (fi)
• Greek: μελετώ προσεκτικά (meletó prosektiká)
• Icelandic: lestur (is) m
• Latin: pellectiō f
• Russian: рассмотре́ние (ru) n (rassmotrénije), рассма́тривание (ru) n (rassmátrivanije), осмо́тр (ru) m (osmótr), прочте́ние (ru) n (pročténije), чте́ние (ru) n (čténije) (reading), изуче́ние (ru) n (izučénije) (study), иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije) (research), перлюстра́ция (ru) f (perljustrácija) (perlustration)
• Spanish: escrutinio (es) m, lectura atenta f, lectura cuidadosa f

Anagrams

• epurals, serpula