Skip to the word

Added 9 October 2026

contuse

/kənˈtuz/ verb

Latin root: contundere Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about contuse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.

Origin

From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Back to today's word