Synonyms for peri

Grammar : Noun

Spell : peer-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪər i

Définition of peri

Origin : 1777, from Persian pari, from Avestan pairika. Race of superhuman female beings originally represented as malevolent, later as angelic genii (cf. sense evolution of English fairy, to which it is not related).

As in sprite : noun fairy

Example sentences :

Gulnare was represented by a girl with the body of a Peri and the soul of a poetess.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

"I must congratulate you, Peri Banou," she said with sharp gayety.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

Joe heard her and Peri sing and both were admitted in the choir.
Extract from : « Pearl and Periwinkle » by Anna Graetz

Peri, didn't the—the Fat Woman ever tell you to respect your elders?
Extract from : « Pearl and Periwinkle » by Anna Graetz

Don't you remember the grand Oriental ballet of the "Bulbul and the Peri?"
Extract from : « The Wolves and the Lamb » by William Makepeace Thackeray

She looked as fair and fragile as a peri, and as free from mortal cares.
Extract from : « The Bishop's Secret » by Fergus Hume

Bartja had no share in the corruption of that fiend in Peri's form.
Extract from : « An Egyptian Princess, Complete » by Georg Ebers

In one a peri rides on a camel compounded of men and beasts.
Extract from : « Beast and Man in India » by John Lockwood Kipling

"The Peri, of Glasgow, homeward-bound from Jamaica," he answered.
Extract from : « The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 3 of 3 » by William Clark Russell

And now that we are on the Peri I mean to do all the thinking for you.
Extract from : « The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 3 of 3 » by William Clark Russell

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