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noun, plural -ris.
1.
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
2.
any lovely, graceful person.
Origin:
1770–80; < Persian perī, variant of parī fairy, Middle Persian parīk, Avestan pairikā witch
1770–80; < Persian perī, variant of parī fairy, Middle Persian parīk, Avestan pairikā witch
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Peris
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
peri
1777, from Pers. pari, from Avestan pairika. Race of superhuman female beings originally represented as malevolent, later as angelic genii (cf. sense evolution of Eng. fairy, to which it is not related).
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