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perst

perst is the simple past and past participle of perse.

Meaning of perse

Noun

perse (countable and uncountable, plural perses)

  1. A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
  2. A cloth of this colour.

See all 5 meanings of perse

Questions about perst

What is perst the simple past and past participle of?
Perst is the simple past and past participle of perse.

Words near perst in the dictionary

  1. perspiring
  2. perspiringly
  3. perspirings
  4. perspiry
  5. Persse
  6. perst
  7. perstat
  8. PERSTATs
  9. perstraction
  10. perstractions
  11. perstringe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perst (page history and authors); perse (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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