perse

perse

[purs]

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English pers < Medieval Latin persus, perhaps variant of perseus kind of blue, itself alteration of Latin Persicus Persian

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Perse

[pers, purs]
noun
St.-John [sin-juhn] , St.-John Perse.
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Perse is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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perse (pɜːs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a.  a dark greyish-blue colour
 b.  (as adjective): perse cloth
 
[C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, perhaps changed from Latin Persicus Persian]

Perse (pɜːs, French pɛrs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Saint-John (ˈsɪndʒən), real name Alexis Saint- Léger. 1887--1975, French poet, born in Guadeloupe. His works include Anabase (1922) and Chronique (1960). Nobel prize for literature 1960

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