perish

Meaning

  1. To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
  2. To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
  3. To die; to cease to live.
  4. (obsolete) To cause to perish.

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
per‧ish
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French perir (via the stem periss- used in various conjugations), from Latin perīre (“pass away, perish”), from per (“through”) + īre (“pass, go”).

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