Library / English Dictionary

PERI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("peri" is a kind of...):

disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Domain region:

Persia; Persian Empire (an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A beautiful and graceful girl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("peri" is a kind of...):

fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)

Credits