pertussal en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English pertussis Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pertussal From pertussis + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.
[…] the friendly and eloquent monarch would be interrupted by a pertussal "backdraucht" in a crowd of school-children.
1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
Translations (2)
es tosferínico (pertaining to pertussis) · es pertúsico (pertaining to pertussis)