perle

American  

[purl] / pɜrl /

noun

1. a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.

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Etymology

Origin of perle

1885–90; < French: literally, pearl

Example Sentences

“I mean, what’s with these homies dissin’ my Perle?

From Salon

The fossils were unearthed from the Bayanshiree Formation in southeastern Mongolia and were first studied in the 1970s by paleontologist Altangerel Perle, who initially compared them to a similar species known as Alectrosaurus from China.

From Science Daily

And he answers those questions this way: “It actually has an identifiable source. In 1996, Netanyahu, then Likud party leader, commissioned the policy document ‘A Clean Break, A New Strategy for Securing the Realm,’ whose lead drafters were neoconservatives Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, co-architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.”

From Salon

The chef-owner of Perle reopens his Pasadena restaurant after the family’s house was destroyed in the Eaton fire.

From Los Angeles Times

Amid the invasion of Iraq, when self-righteous stupidity was en vogue, neoconservatives Richard Perle and David Frum wrote "An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror," a paean to redemptive violence as a cure for violence.

From Salon