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peat | perite |

In obsolete terms the difference between peat and perite

is that peat is a pet, a darling; a woman while perite is skilled.

As a noun peat

is soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.

As an adjective perite is

skilled.

peat

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.

Noun

  • Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
    • Derived terms
    * peaty
    See also
    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  • * 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
    • And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !

    Anagrams

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    perite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) skilled
  • * 1820 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 7, page 668)
    • (Webster 1913) ----