/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Perissa (excess or prodigality; Greek, Perissos)
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Step-sister of Elissa and Mediʹna. These ladies could never agree on any subject. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, bk. ii.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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