persis

See also: Persis

English

Etymology

Spanish?

Noun

persis (uncountable)

  1. A kind of colouring matter obtained from lichens.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “persis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch precies (“exact”) (alternative Brabantian spelling percies, persies), from Middle French precis, from Latin precisus, praecīsus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pərˈsɪs]
  • Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s
  • Hyphenation: pêr‧sis

Adjective

pêrsis

  1. (colloquial) exact; exactly like; same
    Itu persis seperti yang ibu minta. ― That is exactly like what mom was asking.
  2. (colloquial) true
    Synonym: benar
  3. (colloquial) similar
    Synonym: serupa

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