Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour. · A cloth of this colour.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryVery dark greyish (almost blackish) purple or blue.
From Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formed from Persicus (“Persian”), from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós). Compare peach.
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