Pronounced: PERAL-you, noun
Notes: I think I’ve run across this word in reading, but I couldn’t define it
Yesterday’s word
The word infundibuliform means “funnel-shaped”
First usage
This word showed up in English in the mid-1700s
Background / Comments
As you may guess, this is a Latin word. It comes from infundibulum (funnel); this word comes from infundere (to pour in); and this word comes from fundere (to pour).
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