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perfidy
What does perfidy mean?
perfidy (noun): betrayal of a trust.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce perfidy?
/ˈpɝfɪdi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does perfidy come from?
From Middle French perfidie, from Latin perfidia from perfidus (“faithless, treacherous, false”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of perfidy?
Words related to perfidy
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “perfidy”?
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What does “perfidy” mean?
a difficult problem
Not quite: that's what conundrum means.
the failure to obey
Not quite: that's what disobedience means.
betrayal of a trust
Right! That's what “perfidy” means.
contempt or disdain
Not quite: that's what scorn means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “perfidy”?
treachery
Right!
statesman
Not quite: statesman means something else.
rendition
Not quite: rendition means something else.
criterion
Not quite: criterion means something else.
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