ust like them to exist without remonstrance. Either
_nearer_ and _nearest_, _more nearly_, and _most nearly_, and
the like, should be substituted for the degrees of comparison
and used with all such words; or people should treat them as
all other adjectives, just as the best writers and speakers
have always done. The former course is the more desirable; the
latter is certainly the more probable.

=Perfidious=--per-f[)i]d'i-ous, not p[)e]r'f[)i]d-o[)u]s.
Worcester allows per-f[)i]d'y[)u]s in addition to the first.

=Peony=--p[=e]'o-ny) =Paeony= (p[=e]'o-ny) or =Piony= (p[=i]'o-ny)
not p[=i]'ny as often called. A flower.

=Perambulate=, not _preambulate_.

=Period=--p[=e]'ri-od, not p[)e]r'i-od. =Periodic=, =Periodical=,
etc., have also the long e.

=Perspire=, not _prespire_.

=Perspiration=, not _prespiration_.

=Persuade.= This word carries with it the idea of success in
one's endeavors to convince or induce. "I _persuaded_ him for a
long time, but he would not grant my request," should be, "I
_tried_ to _persuade_ him," etc.

=Petrel=--p[)e]t'rel, not p[=e]'trel. A bird. Worcester allows
the latter also.

=Phaeton=--ph[=a]'et-on, not ph[=a]'te-on. A vehicle.

=Pharmaceutist=--faer-ma-s[=u]'t[)i]st, not faer-m[=a]-k[=u]'tist
nor faer-m[=a]'k[=u]-tist.

=Pharmacop[oe]ia=--faer-ma-co-p[=e]'ya, not faer-m[=a]-c[=o]'pi-a.

=Piano=--pi-ae'no, not p[=i]-[)a]n'o. Worcester allows
p[)i]-[)a]n'o.

=Piano-forte=--p[)i]-ae'no-f[=o]r't[=a], not
p[=i]-[)a]n'o-f[=o]rt. Worcester sanctions
p[)i]-ae'no-f[=o]r'te, p[)i]-[)a]n'o-for-te, and remarks in
parenthesis, _often_ pe-[)a]n'o-f[=o]rt; but the last
pronunciation is evidently not preferred.

=Pilaster=--p[)i]-l[)a]s'ter, not p[)i]l'as-ter. A square pillar
set into a wall and projecting slightly.

=Piquant=--p[)i]k'ant, not p[)i]k'w[)a]nt nor p[=e]k'w[)a]nt.
=Piquantly= (p[)i]k'ant-ly), etc.

=Placard=--pla-kaerd', not pl[)a]k'ard.

=Placid=--pl[)a]s'id, not pl[=a]'sid. =Placidly= and =placidness=
have also the short a.

=Plait=--pl[=a]t, not pl[)a]t nor pl[=e]t. A braid; or to braid.
=Plat= (pl[)a]t) is a proper word, however, having the same
meanings, but the difference in pronunciation must be observed,