Definitions for Perse

Perse perse

Spelling: [purs]
IPA: /pɜrs/

Perse is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in Perse (eeprs).

Definitions for Perse

noun

  1. (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.

adjective

  1. of a very deep shade of blue or purple.

Origin of Perse

1325-75; Middle English pers Medieval Latin persus, perhaps variant of perseus kind of blue, itself alteration of Latin Persicus Persian

Examples for Perse

Even the Duke of perse, hobbling on crutches, had a kindly greeting for him.

M. de Blocqueville, a perfect French gentleman, had come to la belle perse in search of adventures.

The Duke of perse realised this when he compelled his daughter to accept him as her husband.

Mémoires de la Délégation en perse; Recherches archéologiques (from 1899).

The Duke of perse was lying back in the seat, his face like that of a dead man.

At this the Duke of perse came to his feet again, an angry gleam in his eyes.

Circe was the daughter of Helios (the Sun) by the ocean-nymph perse.

Circe was the daughter of Sol and perse, and was celebrated for her skill in magic.

"Yes, my dear," said the Duke of perse, a smile of relief on his face.

It is less than two hundred feet from the gate to perse's doorsteps.

Word Value for Perse
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

Word of the day