perusal

English

Etymology

peruse +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːzəl

Noun

perusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)

1. The act of perusing; studying something carefully.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     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.

Usage notes

The word is considered outdated in the modern English, but remains in use in India.

Related terms

• peruse

Translations

studying something carefully

• Bulgarian: изучаване (bg) n (izučavane)
• Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), huolellinen lukeminen
• Greek: μελετώ προσεκτικά (meletó prosektiká)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)

Anagrams

• epurals, serpula