First Known Use: 1876
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Perseid
noun Per·se·id \ˈpər-sē-əd\
Definition of PERSEID
: any of a group of meteors that appear annually about August 11
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Origin of PERSEID
Latin Perseus; from their appearing to radiate from a point in Perseus
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