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perioecus

UK/pɛɹɪˈiːkəs/

perioecus noun: someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.

Noun

perioecus (plural perioeci)

  1. (obsolete) Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
    • How comes it to pass, that in the same site, in one latitude, to such as are periœci, there should be such difference of soil, complexion, colour, metal, air, etc.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Forms of perioecus

pluralperioeci
alternative formperiœcus

Origin of perioecus

From Late Latin perioeci, from Ancient Greek περίοικοι (períoikoi), plural of περίοικος (períoikos, “neighbour”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Questions about perioecus

What does perioecus mean?
Perioecus means someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
What part of speech is perioecus?
Perioecus is a noun.
How do you pronounce perioecus?
Perioecus is pronounced /pɛɹɪˈiːkəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of perioecus?
The plural of perioecus is perioeci.

Words near perioecus in the dictionary

  1. periodt
  2. periodynia
  3. perioeci
  4. Perioecian
  5. Perioecians
  6. perioecus
  7. perioesophageal
  8. perioestrous
  9. perioestrus
  10. perioikoi
  11. Perioikos

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