perclus
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin perclūsus (“obstructed”), past participle of perclūdō (“to seal shut”) (infinitive perclūdere).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editperclus (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.