perusal

[puh-roo-zuhl]

noun

1. a reading.

   a perusal of the current books.

2. the act of perusing; survey; scrutiny.

   A more careful perusal yields this conclusion.

Other Word Forms

• preperusal adjective
• reperusal noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of perusal¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; peruse + -al ²