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- noun obsolete Someone living on the same
latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one'santithesis .
Etymologies
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From Late Latin perioeci, from Ancient Greek περίοικοι ("neighbours"), from περι- ("peri-") + οἶκος ("house").
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