perishingly
ɪ adjective
causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
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perishing (ˈpɛrɪʃɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | informal (of weather, etc) extremely cold |
| 2. | slang (intensifier qualifying something undesirable): it's a perishing nuisance! |
| 'perishingly | |
| —adv | |
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| perishing (ˈpɛrɪʃɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | informal (of weather, etc) extremely cold |
| 2. | slang (intensifier qualifying something undesirable): it's a perishing nuisance! |
| 'perishingly | |
| —adv | |
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perish
mid-13c., from periss- prp. stem of O.Fr. perir, from L. perire "to be lost, perish," lit. "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" + ire "to go." Perishables in reference to foodstuffs is attested from 1895.
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