pertussal
English
Etymology
pertussis + -al
Adjective
pertussal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
- […] the friendly and eloquent monarch would be interrupted by a pertussal "backdraucht" in a crowd of school-children.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Anagrams
- aplustres, supersalt