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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin perclūsus (“obstructed”), past participle of perclūdō (“to seal shut”) (infinitive perclūdere).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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.
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