Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, reduced in size: generally equivalent to couped. Cuzzens, Handbook of Heraldry.
- noun In Pers. myth., an elf or fairy, male or female, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from Paradise till their penance is accomplished.
- A prefix in words of Greek origin or formation, meaning ‘around,’ ‘about,’ ‘near,’ equivalent to circum- of Latin origin, as in
periphery equivalent to circumference, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Persian Myth.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.
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- noun a
sprite orsupernatural being in Persian mythology.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
- noun a beautiful and graceful girl
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I don’t think they would qualify as rural now doesn’t Hansen use the term peri-urban?
A First Look at the USHCN Quality Classification « Climate Audit 2007
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Lips. 1842, p. 25n) says that” Unus Cod. qui ex cœnobiis montis Athos advectus est “gives the title peri tēs Sōsannēs.
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Likewise, in peri-Y2K modernity, the two metaphors of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Computing both provide frameworks for developing technology, agency, and politics - one an Apollonian vision of discourse mediated through distributed displays and UI; the other an emergent ecology of agency distributed among people and machines.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Ambient Intelligence and Smart Surroundings in the Netherlands 2006
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[Footnote 17: The word peri, in the Persian language, signifies that beautiful race of creatures which constitutes the link between angels and men.]
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Anonymous 1921
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Florinus had previously held that God was the author of evil, which sentiment Irenaeus opposed in a treatise, now lost, called peri monarchias.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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Testament; for twice, expressing the sin-offering by this word, he uses that phrase peri harmatias, Rom. viii.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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He wrote a work which is variously entitled peri tou ontos, peri physeos, etc., and of which only a few fragments have come down to us.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Its addictive flame-broiled wings are seasoned with the fiery African bird's eye chili, known as peri peri or piri piri.
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The time leading up to this stage is known as the peri-menopause.
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The time leading up to this stage is known as the peri-menopause.
fbharjo commented on the word peri
Persian پري (peri) or fairy, genius, from Middle Persian parik. Persian folklore: a male or female supernatural being like an elf or fairy but formed of fire, descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is accomplished, and originally regarded as evil but later as benevolent and beautiful. Also a beautiful and graceful girl or woman
August 31, 2009
madmouth commented on the word peri
how interesting--a technical term for 'fallen angel'
September 12, 2009
bilby commented on the word peri
So the perineum is where fallen angels hang out? Dingleberries in excelsis deo ... stick that up yer bum!
September 12, 2009
sionnach commented on the word peri
Snacking on a diet of fromunda cheese and assmarmite, no doubt.
Must not link to santorum on this page.
Oops! too late.
*grosses even own self out at the thought*
September 12, 2009