perusal

From peruse +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuːzl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːzəl

perusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)

1. The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.
   1. Studying something carefully; a careful study.

      Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.

      • 1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Preface”, in A Dictionary of the English Language‎^[1]:

        Having therefore no assistance but from general grammar, I applied myself to the perusal of our writers;

      • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:

        These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

   2. Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.

See peruse § Usage notes.

• epurals, serpula