Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
perse . - An abbreviation of Persia or Persian;
- [lowercase or cap.] of person;
- of personal;
- [lowercase] of personally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.
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- abbreviation
Persian - pronoun neologism That which
belongs toper ,theirs (singular). - pronoun Possessive case of
per , used in place of a noun.
Etymologies
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Examples
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County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said Crimestop pers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of Santos.
Archive 2007-10-01 Dan 2007
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County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said Crimestop pers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of Santos.
Suspect in 2003 Plainfield murder may be back in US Dan 2007
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I think Matt’s comparison with newspapers is apt, and telling.
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-- and a little peach-coloured bonnet with a great capon's feather in it -- I lie, for I think he had two -- and a very handsome girdle of a sky-colour and green (in French called pers et vert), saying that such a livery did become him well, for that he had always been perverse, and in this plight bringing him before Pantagruel, said unto him, Do you know this roister?
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Even if such a thing as an "original spelling" were at all possible, surely "pers" would've been pronounced, pre-vowel-shift, with a long e, like "pears" but with a hard s?
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French called pers et vert), saying that such a livery did become him well, for that he had always been perverse, and in this plight bringing him before Pantagruel, said unto him, Do you know this roister?
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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French called pers et vert), saying that such a livery did become him well, for that he had always been perverse, and in this plight bringing him before Pantagruel, said unto him, Do you know this roister?
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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[Element "pers" is at line-beginning; missing syllable may be
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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He came butting into the gym, joshing me about -- makin 'pers'nal remarks till I kind of lost my goat, and the next thing I knew I was giving him his! "
Piccadilly Jim 1928
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Need to get insur. attorneys and pers. injury attorneys profiteering out of health care.
Physician Licensing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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