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perse

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. perse (adjective)
  2. Perse (biographical name)
  3. per se (adverb)
  4. per se (adjective)
  5. qui facit per alium facit per se (foreign term)

perse

adj \ˈpərs\

Definition of PERSE

: of a dark grayish blue resembling indigo

Origin of PERSE

Middle English pers, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin persus
First Known Use: 15th century

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, puce, taupe, vermilion

Rhymes with PERSE

birse, burse, curse, Erse, hearse, nurse, purse, terce, terse, verse, worse

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