disperish
English
Alternative forms
- dispersh (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested in 1382, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English disperishen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French desperiss-, extended stem of desperir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin disperīre (“to go completely to ruin”), present active infinitive of dispereō.
Verb
disperish (third-person singular simple present disperish, present participle es, simple past and past participle disperished)
- (intransitive, archaic) To be ruined or lost; to perish. [1]
- (intransitive, archaic) To perish utterly. [2]
Further reading
www.quickanddirtytips.com, "40+ Words for Death"