English Explanatory Dictionary

pern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
noun
  1. A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.
verb
  1. To take profit of; to make profitable.
name
  1. A solution stack consisting of the PostgreSQL database, Express.js application controller layer, React JavaScript library, and Node.js JavaScript runtime.

Pronunciation

/pɜː(ɹ)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pern.wav

Word forms

pern perns perning perned

Etymology

Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn (“reel; bobbin”). See also pirl.

Derived words

perne perning
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