Perissos
/pəˈrɪs.ɒs/noun
A Greek-derived term meaning odd, excessive, extraordinary, or beyond the usual measure.
Did you know?In Ancient Greek, perissos could describe both something excessive or extraordinary and an odd number, linking mathematical “unevenness” with the idea of going beyond the norm.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“Forward, through, or beyond; a reconstructed root associated with crossing limits.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
περίσσος (perissos)
“Exceeding the usual measure; abundant, extraordinary, superfluous, or odd.”
Classical Greek
Greek
περισσός
“Excessive or remarkable; in numerical contexts, uneven or not divisible by two.”
Late Greek
Greek
perissos
“A term used for what is surplus, exceptional, or mathematically odd.”
Modern English
English
perissos
“A scholarly Greek-derived term referring to something odd, excessive, or beyond the ordinary.”