perse
adjective
of a very deep shade of blue or purple.
perse
American
[purs]
/ pɜrs /
adjective
perse
1
British
/ pɜːs /
noun
Perse
2
British
/ pɛrs, pɜːs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of perse
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English pers, from Medieval Latin persus, perhaps variant of perseus “kind of blue,” alteration of Latin Persicus “Persian”; cf. peach 1 ( def. )
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According to CBS Research Director Jay Eliasberg, the network feels that "intelligent advertisers are not interested in demographics perse but in the audience's response to their product," since most TV advertising is of mass-consumption items.
From Time Magazine Archive
The water was more sombre far than perse; And we, in company with the dusky waves, Made entrance downward by a path uncouth.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Budge, The Book of Governors, i. cxvi., and Labourt, Le Christianisme dans l'empire perse, 303.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton
The second, of deeper hue than perse, was of a rough and scorched stone, cracked lengthwise and athwart.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory by Charles Eliot Norton
"So long may a droppe fall that it may perse a stone."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
“We’re planning our purchasing down 18%,” says Fleisher about next summer’s plans, wearing a James Perse T-shirt and Maison Margiela sneakers, on a rooftop overlooking tree-lined Aspen Mountain in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Pacific time Monday through Thursday on NBCUniversal’s E! network, is taped in front of a live audience inside a tiny studio in a stretch of Hollywood near a James Perse store and a Buzzfeed office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
“Reddit’s had a big year. They’ve made serious design changes to boost desktop and mobile to make it a lot more premium feeling and help brands to picture themselves advertising there,” said Perse.
From The Verge ● Nov. 20, 2018
She is the only child of a single mother, Miriam Anderson “Ann” Perse, who worked as a nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering, a cancer hospital in East Manhattan.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2018
He took me to the Empress' table, where were the Queen of Greece, Grand Duchesses Constantine and Wladimir, Lady Thornton, and Madame Jaurès; also Nigra, Schweinitz, and a brother of the Shah de Perse.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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