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perite

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin perītus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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 []

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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perite

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

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Perite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • perite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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perite

  1. feminine plural of perito

Noun

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perite f pl

  1. plural of perita

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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perite f pl

  1. feminine plural of perito

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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perite

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From perītus (skilled) +‎ (-ly).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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perītē (comparative perītius, superlative perītissimē)

  1. skillfully, expertly
  2. cleverly
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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perīte

  1. second-person plural active imperative of pereō

References

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  • 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

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Verb

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perite (Cyrillic spelling перите)

  1. second-person plural imperative of prati

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peˈɾite/ [peˈɾi.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Syllabification: pe‧ri‧te

Verb

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perite

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