Peri : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Peri	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Peri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peri n a beautiful and graceful girl (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peri- \Per"i-\ [Gr. [?], prep.] A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peri \Pe"ri\, n.; pl. {Peris}. [Per. per[c6] a female genus, a fairy.] (Persian Myth.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished. --Moore.