peri

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The time leading up to this stage is known as the peri-menopause.

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  1. noun In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent.

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  • It's famous for its peri-peri chicken and original, innovative and clever adverts. —  Muti
  • The time leading up to this stage is known as the peri-menopause. —  Entertainment - Female First
  • In barley there is still time for a peri-emergence residual herbicide for blackgrass control where seed-beds were too poor for a pre-em application. —  FWi - All News
  • The PlayPump system also provides one of the only ways to reach rural and peri-urban communities with potentially life saving public health messages. —  gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
  • These turned out to be spongy discs of sliced potato, not wedges, dusted with peri-peri, leaching oil. —  Mail & Guardian Online
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  1. Persian parī, from Pahlavi parīk, malevolent sprite, from Avestan pairikā, a kind of female demon.

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  1. from French péri, from Persian parī, a fairy, Avestan pairi.
  2. French péri, lost, spoiled, perished, past participle of périr, perish: see perish.
 

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