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In itself, in Latin
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perse
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "blue, bluish-gray," later "purplish-black," from Old French pers "(dark) blue, livid; wan, pale," from Late Latin persus , perhaps a back-formation from one of the early European forms of Persia .
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In Greek mythology , Perse (; also spelled Persa or Perseis ) is an Oceanid (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys ), and the wife of the sun god, Helios . Their children are Aeetes , Perses , Pasiphae , and Circe . One of ...
Usage examples of perse.
Mr Perse declined to accept responsibility for describing what had happened to the abortive and disgraceful Second Crusade.
Mr Perse, who taught in the local grammar school, and genuinely pitied his colleagues in the primary and County Secondary schools.
Mr Perse acquitted himself with distinction and proved to be a pleasant addition to the party.
Young Mr Perse was ringing up his aunt to find out whether she had heard the news.
I wonder how soon, if at all, Mr Perse intends to stage this second pageant?
Councillor Perse attached himself inexorably to Dame Beatrice both during the dinner and until he left for his lodgings in Brayne at just after eleven p.
I must have found out all that Mr Perse knows and everything that he suspects.
The visitors were expected, and Mr Perse opened the door to them himself.
The party, led by Perse, walked along its bank until they came to an iron bridge where the river, at a sharp bend, flowed into the canal.
Mr Perse held the kissing-gate open for the ladies and Dame Beatrice and Laura, followed by the young man, threaded their way through it and found themselves on a gravel path fenced on both sides by iron railings.
I wonder how Mr Perse is getting on with the preparations for his pageant?
Beatrice, who had always thought growing boys, apart from an unfortunate tendency towards spottiness, were infinitely more attractive than growing girls, agreed wholeheartedly and wondered aloud how soon Mr Perse would be able to stage his pageant.
This view received confirmation when young Mr Perse came in front to receive the Mayoress who, he informed the sparse and indifferent audience, had kindly consented to be present.
A boy then presented the Mayoress with a bouquet of chrysanthemums, there was unenthusiastic applause, and young Mr Perse returned to his place behind the scenes by way of a swing door which led to a passage which, in its turn, led to the dressing-rooms.
Mr Perse came in, ate a great many sandwiches in an incredibly short time, drank a scalding cup of tea and then tore out again to superintend the revels in the Butts.