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Definition of peri in English: perinounPlural peris ˈpɪəriˈpirē (in Persian mythology) a mythical superhuman being, originally represented as evil but subsequently as a good or graceful genie or fairy. Example sentencesExamples - The angels, or peris, on the floorspread, very distinctive in style, are unusual motifs to find on an embroidery.
- Her androgynous form traverses his art as Desdemona and Jason, Leda and Apollo, St Sebastian and Delilah, a dead poet and a peri, Helen of Troy and Ganymede, Jacob's angel and a Eumenide on the track of Orestes.
Synonyms sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck
Rhymes beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary Definition of peri in US English: perinounˈpirē (in Persian mythology) a mythical superhuman being, originally represented as evil but subsequently as a good or graceful genie or fairy. Example sentencesExamples - Her androgynous form traverses his art as Desdemona and Jason, Leda and Apollo, St Sebastian and Delilah, a dead poet and a peri, Helen of Troy and Ganymede, Jacob's angel and a Eumenide on the track of Orestes.
- The angels, or peris, on the floorspread, very distinctive in style, are unusual motifs to find on an embroidery.
Synonyms sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck
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