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Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-fid-ee-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈfɪd i əs

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Définition of perfidious

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Latin perfidiosus "treacherous," from perfidia (see perfidy). Related: Perfidiously; perfidiousness.
  • adj treacherous
Example sentences :
  • All is lost, for the sake of that inveigling, perfidious young Syren.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • The czarina was strong-minded, but neither cruel nor perfidious.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The sea is a perfidious element, but what is it to the blind malevolence of men?
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • An English poet has said of woman, 'Perfidious as the waves,' my son.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • On one was a satire on the hypocritical rapacity of perfidious Albion.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • But thou, detestable Nicias, thou art but a perfidious venom and a bitter poison.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • He is an agent of perfidious Normandy; he is under the pay of foreigners.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • The perfidious wretches then rushed forward, with gleaming knives.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • This she said in French and in German, and in her own perfidious tongue.
  • Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
  • This is the reason that perfidious girl so boldly took his part!
  • Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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