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A character in Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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name
A moon of Uranus.
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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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name
A female given name.
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noun
A woman who has fallen into prostitution.
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Usage: archaic
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History
Named after the daughter of Leontes and Hermione in William Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale; from Italian perdita (“loss”).
Borrowed from Latin perdita (“lost woman”).
Across languages
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