perite
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈɹaɪt/
Adjective
perite (comparative more perite, superlative most perite)
- (obsolete) skilled
- 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 […]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Perite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “perite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
perite
- inflection of perire:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈriː.teː/, [pɛˈriːt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈri.te/, [peˈriːt̪e]
Antonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈriː.te/, [pɛˈriːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈri.te/, [peˈriːt̪e]
References
- “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
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈɾite/ [peˈɾi.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ite
- Syllabification: pe‧ri‧te
Verb
perite
- inflection of peritar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative