peritus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Roman Catholic theologian attending an ecumenical council to give advice.
Example Sentences
- "Among the leading periti at Vatican II, there was an almost universal belief that this theological diet was inadequate for dealing with the problems of the late-twentieth century."
Etymology
From Latin perītus (“skillful”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: perītus