perite

See also: perité

English

Etymology 1

From Latin perītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪt/

Adjective

perite (comparative more perite, superlative most perite)

1. (obsolete) skilled
   • 1820, Blackwood's magazine, volume 7, page 668:

     […] some of our friends who are in the habit of exercising a profuse rather than a perite hospitality […]

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

perite

1. An orthorhombic pseudo-tetragonal mineral PbBiO₂Cl, originally found in Sweden.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Perite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “perite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

Anagrams

• Petrie, Preeti

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

perite

1. feminine plural of perito

Noun

perite f pl

1. plural of perita

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

perite f pl

1. feminine plural of perito

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perite

1. inflection of perire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• erpeti, ipetre, pereti, pietre, ripete, ripeté

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin perītus

Latin -ē

Latin perītē

From perītus (“skilled”) + -ē (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛˈriː.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [peˈriː.te]

Adverb

perītē (comparative perītius, superlative perītissimē)

1. skillfully, expertly
2. cleverly

Antonyms

• imperītē

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛˈriː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [peˈriː.te]

Verb

perīte

1. second-person plural active imperative of pereō

References

• “perite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perite”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

perite (Cyrillic spelling перите)

1. second-person plural imperative of prati

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾite/ [peˈɾi.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧te

Verb

perite

1. inflection of peritar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative