Sans vs Per - What's the difference?
sans | per |
without, lacking
* 1590 , , act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 766:
* 1991 , A. R. Morlan, The Amulet? , page 212
short for sans serif.
for each
to each, in each ((used in expressing ratios of units))
(medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)
in accordance with
(neologism) they (singular).
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
(neologism) them (singular)
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
* {{quote-web
, year = 1998
, first = Katherine
, last = Phelps
, title = Odysseus, She
, site = Storytronics
, url = http://www.glasswings.com.au/Storytronics/Odysseus/wash/washframe.htm
, passage = "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per .
}}
* {{quote-book
, date = 2006-11-15
, author = Richard Ekins, Dave King
, title = The transgender phenomenon
, publisher = Sage Publications
, isbn = 9780761971634
, id =
, lccn = 2006920988
, page = 160
, passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.
}}
(neologism) Belonging to per, their (singular).
* {{quote-book
, year = 2006
, author = Richard Ekins, Dave King
, title = The transgender phenomenon
, publisher = Sage Publications
, isbn = 9780761971634
, id =
, lccn = 2006920988
, page = 160
, passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to as a non-gendered person.
}}
As a noun sans
is .As a preposition per is
for.sans
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Ber.'' And to begin Wench, ?o God helpe me law,
My loue to thee is ?ound, ''?ans''''' cracke or flaw.
''Ro?a.'' '''''Sans''''', '''''?ans , I pray you.
- Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.
- But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.
Synonyms
* (without) without, minusAdjective
(-)Anagrams
* * ----per
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- Admission is £10 per person.
- miles per gallon
- beats per minute
- Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
- The medication is to be administered per os.
- I parked my car at the curb per your request.
Usage notes
* The preposition per is typically followed by a singular noun phrase with no determiner. *: Take one pill per''' day.'' not ''Take one pill '''per a day. * It is sometimes followed by plural noun phrases, almost always determined by 100, 1,000, 100,000, etc. *: The abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age to less than 20.Derived terms
* per accidens * per annum * per anum * per capita * per cent * per consequens * per contra * per curiam * per diem * * per impossibile * per incuriam * per interim * per maistrie * per mensem * * per minima * per my et per tout * per orem * * per pares * per primam * per primam intentionem * per procurationem * per quod * per saltum * per se * per stirpesEtymology 2
shortening of (person), coined by Marge Piercy in (1979)Pronoun
- This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per' couldn't because '''per''' was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers ' per was discussing it with agreed with per?
- This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per ?