perclus
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.