FromLatinperītus.
perite (comparativemoreperite,superlativemostperite)
- (obsolete)skilled[1]
1820,Blackwood's magazine, volume 7, page668:[…] some of our friends who are in the habit of exercising a profuse rather than aperite hospitality[…]
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perite
- Anorthorhombicpseudo-tetragonalmineral PbBiO2Cl, originally found in Sweden.
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Perite”, inWebmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “perite”, inMindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy,2000–2025.
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perite
- feminineplural ofperito
perite f pl
- plural ofperita
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perite f pl
- feminineplural ofperito
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perite
- inflection ofperire:
- second-personpluralpresentindicative
- second-personpluralimperative
Fromperītus(“skilled”) +-ē(“-ly”).
perītē (comparativeperītius,superlativeperītissimē)
- skillfully,expertly
- cleverly
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perīte
- second-personpluralactiveimperative ofpereō
- “perite”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perite”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perite inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
perite (Cyrillic spellingперите)
- second-personpluralimperative ofprati
- IPA(key): /peˈɾite/[peˈɾi.t̪e]
- Rhymes:-ite
- Syllabification:pe‧ri‧te
perite
- inflection ofperitar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative