perculsion rare.
(pəˈkʌlʃən)
[f. L. type *perculsiōn-em, f. perculs-, ppl. stem of percellĕre to upset, strike with consternation, etc.]
† a. Consternation, shock of mind or feeling. Obs. b. A physical stroke or shock. So † perˈculsive a. Obs., characterized by giving a shock.
| 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 20 As the paines are vnsufferable to flesh and blood, so haue they a very perculsiue force euen vpon the Soule. 1657 Reeve God's Plea Ep. Ded. 9 They are not yet come to her dejections, trepidations, perculsions. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 176 An ovulum, detached..by the force of the orgastic perculsion. |