Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Persis noun
- an ancient region of SW Iran: homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty
Examples from the Web for persis Historical Examples of persis
Persis and I stood stock-still, feeling as if we couldn’t bear it.
Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
Persis and I had turned away, so she couldn’t see we were crying.
Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
Then he lifted the latch, and met a warm welcome from his wife Persis.
Emily Sarah Holt
There was nothing wanted to be done that Mis’ Persis could not do.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“You wouldn’t ever forget it if you did,” said Mis’ Persis, oracularly.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Word Origin and History for persis Persis
fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Persis, literally “a Persian woman,” related to Perses “Persian” (see Persian).
