period
adjective/ˈpɪəriəd/
/ˈpɪriəd/
[only before noun]- having a style typical of a particular time in history
- period costumes/furniture
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the time during which something, especially a disease, runs its course): from Old French periode, via Latin from Greek periodos ‘orbit, recurrence, course’, from peri- ‘around’ + hodos ‘way, course’. The sense ‘portion of time’ dates from the early 17th cent.
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