perite

adj, noun — 2 senses

perite

adj

/pəˈɹaɪt/

Etymology From Latin perītus.

1

Obsolete skilled

[…] some of our friends who are in the habit of exercising a profuse rather than a perite hospitality […]1820, Blackwood's magazine, volume 7, page 668:

perite

noun

Etymology Named after Swedish geologist Per Geijer + -ite (“mineral suffix”).

1

An orthorhombic pseudo-tetragonal mineral PbBiO₂Cl, originally found in Sweden.

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