Perioecus
//pɛɹɪˈiːkəs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis. obsolete
"How comes it to pass, that in the same site, in one latitude, to such as are periœci, there should be such difference of soil, complexion, colour, metal, air, etc."
Example
More examples"How comes it to pass, that in the same site, in one latitude, to such as are periœci, there should be such difference of soil, complexion, colour, metal, air, etc."
Etymology
From Late Latin perioeci, from Ancient Greek περίοικοι (períoikoi), plural of περίοικος (períoikos, “neighbour”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).
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