Perlustration
//pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 the action or fact of perlustrating countable, uncountable
- 2 thorough examination of a document or of correspondence countable, uncountable
"Yes, after a thorough perlustration of the loot that Andron and Niagarushka had obtained from the Queen's rosewood writing desk (mostly bills, and treasured snapshots, and those silly medals) a letter from the King did turn up."
Example
More examples"Yes, after a thorough perlustration of the loot that Andron and Niagarushka had obtained from the Queen's rosewood writing desk (mostly bills, and treasured snapshots, and those silly medals) a letter from the King did turn up."
Etymology
From perlustrate.
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