perse
pronunciation
How to pronounce perse in British English:
UK [pɜ:s]
How to pronounce perse in American English:
US [pɜs]
Word Origin
- perse (adj.)
- late 14c., "blue, bluish-gray," later "purplish-black," from Old French pers "(dark) blue, livid; wan, pale," from Late Latin persus, perhaps a back-formation from one of the early European forms of Persia.
Example
- 1. Tort which is actionable perse .
- 2. To wear : " every kind of blue jean " including diesel , met , made in heaven ; james perse t-shirts ; surfer cables .
- 3. Your bright ideas and unique way of doing things will be enough to attract someone who is equally as perse and experimental as you are .
- 4. Actionable perse ; constructive damage ; test of reasonable person ; defamation ; severe moral damage .
- 5. Whereas the financial institution is a legal corporate person , the combined total balances in amount of pledges provided by the institution perse to foreign exchange loans , foreign exchange ( calculated by 50 % ) and foreign exchange investment ( in stock ) should not exceed 30 % of its foreign exchange funds .