Noun: perry
| Singular | perry |
| Plural | perries |
Sample Sentences
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M. Vasse never observed a fatal termination unless in two instances ; in which the persons, adults, had drank perry in large quantity. [1853, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal:]
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Perry is less popular than cider, but some consider it superior. [1892, James Mew, John Ashton, Drinks of the World:]
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Sip the perry of the Black Worchester and you will belch clouds of soot. [2017, Andi Watson, Glister:]
Nouns inflected like perry
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum. See: Middle English Nouns '
perre', Latin Nouns '
pirum'.