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perse.

A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɜːs/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pəːs/British, Southern, Standard/pɚs/General-American/pøːs/New-Zealand, Wales
  1. A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A cloth of this colour.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

adj/pɜːs/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pəːs/British, Southern, Standard/pɚs/General-American/pøːs/New-Zealand, Wales
  1. Very dark greyish (almost blackish) purple or blue.

Where this word comes from

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

verb
  1. Obsolete form of pierce.

    alt-of · obsolete
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