Perite


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Pe`rite´


a.1.Skilled.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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(2002): Pumiceous rhyolitic pe perite in ancient submarine volcanic successions.
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As my old Latin teacher, Miss Roper, might have said - and must frequently have thought looking at my puerile efforts: "Perite." (That's ancient Roman slang for "f*** off.)
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