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peniston

peniston is the alternative form of penistone.

Meaning of penistone

Noun

penistone (countable and uncountable, plural penistones)

  1. (obsolete) A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
    Synonyms:
    forest whites

See all 3 meanings of penistone

Proper noun capitalized: Peniston

Peniston (plural Penistons)

  1. A surname.

Forms of peniston

Noun
pluralpenistons
Proper noun
pluralPenistons

Origin of peniston

Variant of Penistone.

Questions about peniston

What does peniston mean?
Peniston means a surname.
What is peniston the alternative form of?
Peniston is the alternative form of penistone.
What part of speech is peniston?
Peniston is a proper noun.

Words near peniston in the dictionary

  1. penisish
  2. penisless
  3. penislessness
  4. penislike
  5. penisocracy
  6. peniston
  7. penistone
  8. penistones
  9. penistons
  10. penisy
  11. penitant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peniston (page history and authors); Peniston (page history and authors); penistone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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