perfidious

Word family adverbperfidiouslynounperfidiousnessperfidyadjectiveperfidious

per·fid·i·ous /pəˈfɪdiəs $ pər-/ adjectiveadj literary

TRICK/DECEIVEsomeone who is perfidious is not loyal and cannot be trusted 不忠实的，背信弃义的 SYN treacherous

Examples from the Corpus

perfidious• The air was thick with paranoia as the conversation turned to the perfidious question of appearance money.• a perfidious scheme

Origin perfidious

(1500-1600) Latin perfidiosus, from perfidia “disloyalty”, from perfidus “disloyal”, from per fidem decipere “to deceive by trust”

单词	perfidious
释义	perfidious Word family adverbperfidiouslynounperfidiousnessperfidyadjectiveperfidious per·fid·i·ous /pəˈfɪdiəs $ pər-/ adjectiveadj literary TRICK/DECEIVEsomeone who is perfidious is not loyal and cannot be trusted 不忠实的，背信弃义的 SYN treacherous Examples from the Corpus perfidious• The air was thick with paranoia as the conversation turned to the perfidious question of appearance money.• a perfidious scheme Origin perfidious (1500-1600) Latin perfidiosus, from perfidia “disloyalty”, from perfidus “disloyal”, from per fidem decipere “to deceive by trust”
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