Definitions
sit, as on a branch
Word origin
From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, whence also Old English forn (“trout”), German Forelle (“trout”).
Used in a sentence
“We know him now: […] / Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground / For pleasure; […]”
“Last year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.”
“[W]inning Wimbledon at just 19 years, earning her rightful place on the perch as world number one.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Branch seat”5 letters
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