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pe·ri  (pîr)
n. pl. pe·ris
In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent.
[Persian par, from Pahlavi park, malevolent sprite, from Avestan pairik, a kind of female demon.]
peri [ˈpɪərɪ]
n pl -ris
1. (Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) (in Persian folklore) one of a race of beautiful supernatural beings
2. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) any beautiful fairy-like creature
[from Persian: fairy, from Avestan pairikā witch]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.periperi - a beautiful and graceful girl        
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
2.peri - (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Persia, Persian Empire - an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings


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"The Peri and the Pearl," a clever skit of a poem of two hundred lines, just finished, white hot from his brain, won the heart of the editor of a San Francisco magazine published in the interest of a great railroad.
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There was not a soul in Randolph Crescent, nor a soul in Queensferry Street; in this outdoor privacy and the sense of escape, John took heart again; and with a pathetic sense of leave-taking, he even ventured up the lane and stood awhile, a strange peri at the gates of a quaint paradise, by the west end of St.
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He had already withdrawn his eye from the Peri, and was looking at a humble tuft of daisies which grew by the wicket.
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