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perfidious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perfidious \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: perfidious 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" [syn: {punic}, {treacherous}]
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