Pertingent

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Touching; having direct contact with.

    "The -C column applies to suffixes that consist of a lone consonant such as pertingent -t and locative -xʼ, but plural -xʼ is excluded due to morphosemantic cooccurrence constraints."

Synonyms

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juxtacrinetouching

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"The -C column applies to suffixes that consist of a lone consonant such as pertingent -t and locative -xʼ, but plural -xʼ is excluded due to morphosemantic cooccurrence constraints."

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pertingent.

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