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Meaning of 'perfidious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perfidious [ a.]
- Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend.
- Involving, or characterized by, perfidy.

Meaning of 'perfidious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perfidious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
Example in sentence:
  • Punic faith;
  • the fiercest and most treacherous of foes;
  • the perfidious Judas;
  • treacherous intrigues

Nearby Words:

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