perite

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English

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Etymology 1

From Latin perītus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

perite (comparative more perite, superlative most perite)

  1. (obsolete) skilled[1]
    • 1820, Blackwood's magazine, volume 7, page 668:
      […] some of our friends who are in the habit of exercising a profuse rather than a perite hospitality […]

References

  1. ^ *“perite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

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Noun

perite

  1. An orthorhombic pseudo-tetragonal mineral PbBiO2Cl, originally found in Sweden.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Perite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “perite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

perite

  1. feminine plural of perito

Noun

perite f pl

  1. plural of perita

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

perite f pl

  1. feminine plural of perito

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perite

  1. inflection of perire:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From perītus (“skilled”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

perītē (comparative perītius, superlative perītissimē)

  1. skillfully, expertly
  2. cleverly
Antonyms

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Verb

perīte

  1. second-person plural active imperative of pereō

References

  • “perite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

perite (Cyrillic spelling перите)

  1. second-person plural imperative of prati

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈɾite/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Syllabification: pe‧ri‧te

Verb

perite

  1. inflection of peritar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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