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ˈPersic, a. and n.
[ad. L. Persic-us Persian.]
A. adj. = Persian a.
1606B. Jonson Masque Hymen Wks. (Rtldg.) 558 On their heads they wore Persic crowns. 1738Neal Hist. Purit. IV. 179 Printed in the vulgar Latin, Hebrew, Greek,..and Persick languages. 1771Swinton in Phil. Trans. LXI. 354 note, The letters of the antient Persic alphabet. 1835Browning Paracelsus v. 187 Oh Persic Zoroaster, lord of stars!
B. n.
1. The Persian tongue: = Persian n. 2.
1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xlvii. 216 He could read and write persic. 1850J. Brown Disc. our Lord (1852) I. iv. 209 A word borrowed from the Persic.
†2. [L. persicum.] A peach. Obs. In quot. attrib.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 141/2 Take Persick stones, and contund them to pouldre.
Hence ˈPersicize v. trans., to turn into Persian.
1881Sir W. Hunter in Encycl. Brit. XII. 731/1 ‘India’,..derived..from the Persicized form of the Sanskrit sindhu, a ‘river’, pre-eminently the Indus. |