Meaning of PERFIDIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | pur'fideeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" |
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| | Synonyms: | | punic, treacherous, unfaithful |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per*fid"i*ous\ (p[~e]r*f[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]s; 277), a.
[L. perfidious.]
1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to
trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a
perfidious friend. --Shak.
2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. ``Involved in
this perfidious fraud.'' --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | alienated, ambidextrous, artful, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, disaffected, dishonest, disloyal, double, double-dealing, double-faced, doublehearted, double-minded, double-tongued, duplicitous, estranged, faithless, false, falsehearted, false-principled, hypocritical, insidious, Machiavellian, mercenary, recreant, shifty, slippery, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, treasonous, tricky, two-faced, unfaithful, unloyal, untrue, venal |
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