Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Punched; pierced with holes.
- In botany, having holes or slits, as a leaf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
pierced orpunched withholes
Etymologies
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Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere ("to beat or thrust through, to bore through").
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