Meaning & use
peri
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In Persian mythology, a beautiful supernatural being, descended from fallen angels, who is barred from paradise until a penance is completed.
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The poem describes a peri weeping at the gates of paradise, longing to be let in.
Nineteenth-century European writers borrowed the peri as a romantic figure of exotic, otherworldly beauty.
A note on using this word
The word entered English from Persian "pari" and became popular in Romantic-era literature, notably Thomas Moore's poem "Paradise and the Peri."
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