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 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
"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 Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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 Hutton, William Holden
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 Norton, Charles Eliot
“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
This James Perse henley used to cost $155, but now it costs $93.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 10, 2017
The brands on offer as part of the Made in California collection include high-fashion champs such as Rick Owens, a California native, and more commercially minded designers like James Perse and Simon Miller.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017
The text was published by the French Ministry of Instruction from “squeezes” by the process of photogravure, in the fourth volume of the Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
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