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peristeronic, a.|pərɪstəˈrɒnɪk| [app. f. Gr. περιστερών, -ῶνα dove-cot (f. περιστερά dove, pigeon) + -ic.] Pertaining to or concerned with pigeons; suggestive of pigeons.
1868Rules Peristeronic Soc. 1 That the Society be called the National Peristeronic Society. 1876Fulton & Wright Bk. Pigeons 386 Of the National Peristeronic Society it may be said that it holds the position of the first pigeon society of the day. 1893Ibid. (ed. Lumley) vii. 58 Who would talk of a pigeon's ‘eye-lids’ that has any knowledge of matters peristeronic? 1904Times 6 Jan. 8/5 The National Peristeronic Society was founded by the amalgamation of the National Columbarian and the Philo-Peristeronic Societies. 1931J. Cannan High Table 21 A discourse..which Anne and Cecilia punctuated with polite little peristeronic sounds. |