porrect

English

The porrect jaws of some male beetles are used in competition for mates

Etymology

From Latin porrectus, past participle of porrigō (“stretch out”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɛkt/, /pɔˈɹɛkt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɛkt/, /pɒˈɹɛkt/

Adjective

porrect (comparative more porrect, superlative most porrect)

1. (entomology, botany) stretched out or forward

   The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.

Verb

porrect (third-person singular simple present porrects, present participle porrecting, simple past and past participle porrected)

1. To stretch out or forward.
2. (law) To proffer (a document) for inspection.
   • 1824, Thomas Poynter, A Concise View of the Doctrine and Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Doctors' Commons:

     The Court said, it was a general rule, that the Wife's Proctor, at this stage of the cause, was at liberty to porrect his Bill of Costs, as against the Husband.

Related terms

• porrection

Anagrams

• Procter