Perusal (noun)
per-oo-zul
The action of reading or examining something.
Late 15th century (in the sense ‘use up, wear out’): perhaps from per- ‘thoroughly’ + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser ‘examine’.
Example sentences
“A quick perusal of the index should tell you.”
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