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peri

1

[ peer-ee ]

noun

, Persian Mythology.
, plural pe·ris.
  1. one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
  2. any lovely, graceful person.


Peri

2

[ pe-ree ]

noun

  1. Ja·co·po [yah, -kaw-paw], 1561–1633, Italian composer.

peri-

3
  1. a prefix meaning “about” or “around” ( perimeter, periscope ), “enclosing” or “surrounding” ( pericardium ), and “near” ( perigee, perihelion ), appearing in loanwords from Greek ( peripeteia ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( perimorph ).

peri

1

/ ˈpɪərɪ /

noun

  1. (in Persian folklore) one of a race of beautiful supernatural beings
  2. any beautiful fairy-like creature
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


peri-

2

prefix

  1. enclosing, encircling, or around

    perigon

    pericarp

    pericardium

  2. near or adjacent

    perihelion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

peri–

  1. A prefix that means: “around” (as in pericardium, ) or “near” (as in perihelion ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of peri1

1770–80; < Persian perī, variant of parī fairy, Middle Persian parīk, Avestan pairikā witch

Origin of peri2

< Greek, prefixal use of perí (adv. and preposition)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peri1

C18: from Persian: fairy, from Avestan pairikā witch

Origin of peri2

from Greek peri around, near, about
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Example Sentences

But in a post-Kardashian world (or at least a peri-Kardashian world), this is an old complaint.

Peri somehow learned the English keyboard and used the program.

Peri, the top student in the ninth grade, waved off our translator and made it through most of the interview without help.

Aristoxenus promises to treat of Systems, 'and among them of the perfect System' (peri te tn alln kai tou teleiou).

Of the three extant books the first is obviously a distinct treatise, and should probably be entitled peri archn.

(from the words peri de synecheias kai tou hexs), and again pp. 58-72 Meib.

I hear the sound of my Peri's lute among the cypress trees—she is waiting to embrace me.

At the very first steps of Peri we slipped about in all directions, like quivering fragments of blancmange.

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