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peritextual

peritextual adjective: of or relating to peritext.

Adjective

peritextual (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to peritext.

Origin of peritextual

By surface analysis, peri- + textual, or, by surface analysis, peritext + -ual.

Questions about peritextual

What does peritextual mean?
Peritextual means of or relating to peritext.
What part of speech is peritextual?
Peritextual is an adjective.

Words near peritextual in the dictionary

  1. peritenon
  2. peritenons
  3. peritesticular
  4. peritext
  5. peritexts
  6. peritextual
  7. perithallial
  8. perithallus
  9. perithecal
  10. perithece
  11. peritheces

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