"perlection" meaning in English

See perlection in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pəˈlɛkʃən/ Forms: perlections [plural]
Etymology: From Latin perlēctiō (“the act of reading through”), from perlegō (“read through”), from per (“through”) + legō (“read”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|perlēctiō||the act of reading through}} Latin perlēctiō (“the act of reading through”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} perlection (plural perlections)
  1. the reading through of something.

Inflected forms

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