Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peris"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peri \Pe"ri\, n.; pl. {Peris}. [Per. per[=i] a female genus, a
fairy.] (Persian Myth.)
An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy,
represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from
paradise till penance is accomplished. --Moore.
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