perite

From Latin perītus.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪt/

perite (comparative more perite, superlative most perite)

1. (obsolete) skilled^[1]
   • 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 […]

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perite

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

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Perite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “perite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

• Petrie, Preeti

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

perite

1. feminine plural of perito

perite f pl

1. plural of perita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

perite f pl

1. feminine plural of perito

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

perite

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

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

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

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

perītē (comparative perītius, superlative perītissimē)

1. skillfully, expertly
2. cleverly

• imperītē

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

perīte

1. second-person plural active imperative of pereō

• “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.

perite (Cyrillic spelling перите)

1. second-person plural imperative of prati

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

perite

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