contuse
English
editEtymology
editFrom (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈtuz/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kənˈtjuːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
editcontuse (third-person singular simple present contuses, present participle contusing, simple past and past participle contused)
- (transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
- 1869, St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, volume III:
- How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?
- 1965, John Fowles, The Magus:
- His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.
- 2 Nov 2008, Donald Macleod, The Guardian:
- This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault.
Related terms
editTranslations
editTo injure without breaking the skin; to bruise
Anagrams
editItalian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editcontuse
Participle
editcontuse f pl
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcontuse f
Etymology 3
editVerb
editcontuse
- third-person singular past historic of contundere
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈtuː.se/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪uːs̠ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtu.se/, [kon̪ˈt̪uːs̬e]
Participle
editcontūse
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