persimmon

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.

He was full of persimmons. — Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools: Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists, Unknown
'And we'd gather hickory-nuts and persimmons?' — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Thunderation!--This war'll be over before persimmons are ripe! — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston

persimmon tree

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