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perse

[purs]
–adjective
of a very deep shade of blue or purple.

Origin:
1325–75; ME pers < ML persus, perh. var. of perseus kind of blue, itself alter. of L Persicus Persian

Perse

[pers, purs]
–noun
St.-John [sin-juhn] . St.-John Perse.
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perse   (pûrs)   
adj.  Dark grayish blue or purple.

[Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formation from Latin Persicus, Persian, from Greek Persikos, a Persian, from Persēs, a Persian, from Old Persian Pārsa, of Median origin; akin to Old Persian Parthava-, Parthian.]
Perse   (pěrs, pûrs)   
See Alexis Saint-Léger Léger.
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