English Explanatory Dictionary

perse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
  2. A cloth of this colour.
adj
  1. Very dark greyish (almost blackish) purple or blue.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of pierce.
name
  1. An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.
name
  1. A rare surname transferred from the given name.

Pronunciation

/pɜːs/ /pɝs/

Word forms

perse perses persing persed perst Persa Perseis

Etymology

From Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formed from Persicus (“Persian”), from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós). Compare peach.

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