Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: perfidious – periphery
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perfidious, adj. [L. perfidiōs-us.]
Treacherous; untrustworthy; deceitful; traitorous; sly; underhanded; cunning; crafty.
perfidy, n. [Fr. < L. perfid-us < per-, away entirely, to destruction + fid-ēs, faith.] (webplay: confidence, friend).
- Treachery; deceit; betrayal; falseness; disloyalty; deception; duplicity; pretense; feigning.
- Violation of trust; breach of promise.
- Doubt; lack of trust; loss of faith.
- Mirage; illusion.
perform (-ed), v. [ME < OFr perfourmer.]
Execute; accomplish; achieve; carry out; do.
perfume, n. [Fr. parfum.] (webplay: odor).
Fragrance; scent; pleasing aroma; pleasurably intoxicating odor. (122)
perhaps, adv. [OFr < L. per, through, by, by means of + ON happ, chance, good luck.] (webplay: chance, kingdom, love, may).
- Maybe; possibly; it could be.
- By chance; if fortune deems.
- Haply; perchance; peradventure.
perhaps, n. [see perhaps, adv.]
Possibility; uncertainty; the unknown; that which is beyond sight.
perihelion, n. [L. perihēlium < Gk 'close around the sun'.] (webplay: orbit, sun).
Closeness to the sun; sunset position; nearest approximation of the earth to the sun; [fig.] highest point; zenith; climactic glory; nearest approximation to true happiness.
peril (-'s), n. [Fr. péril < L. perīculum, experiment, trial, risk, danger.] (webplay: boy, danger).
Risk; hazard; jeopardy; uncertainty; excitement caused by risk.
period (-s), n. [Fr. < L. < Gk 'going round, circuit, revolution, cycle of years, periodic recurrence, recurring fit of disease, orbit of a heavenly body, rounded sentence' < περι, around + ὁδὀς, way.] (webplay: art, days, early, existence, hours, life, stop, sun, time).
- Moment; instant; designated time.
- Length of time; number of days, hours, or minutes.
- Season; portion of time.
- Real time; the present moment; [fig.] earthly measurements of time; mortal existence.
- Portion of the orbit of a heavenly body.
- Stopping point; time to pause.
- Life span; duration of mortal existence.
- Infinite series; endless succession; regular pattern.
periphery, n. [OFr < late L. < Gk περί, round about + φἑρ-ειν, carry, bear.]
Environment; perimeter; vicinity; circumference; surrounding area; [fig.] world; earth; landscape; garden.