| 单词 |
perfidious |
| 释义 |
perfidious, a.|pəˈfɪdɪəs|
[ad. L. perfidiōs-us, f. perfidia perfidy: see -ous: cf. It. perfidioso = perfido (Florio 1598).]
Characterized by perfidy; guilty of breaking faith or violating confidence; deliberately faithless; basely treacherous. a. Of persons.
1598Florio, Perfido, Perfidioso, perfidious, trecherous. 1601Shakes. All's Well v. iii. 205 He's quoted for a most perfidious slaue. 1628Sir R. Boyle Diary (Grosart) II. 277 The former conveighances the perfiddeows Lo Beaumont deceased had made. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) V. xiv. viii. 402 He thought himself skilful in proportion as he was perfidious. 1827Lytton Pelham xvii, I am the victim of a perfidious woman. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 266 The most covetous and perfidious of mankind.
absol.1651tr. De-las-Coveras' Don Fenise 63 Don Pedro, so was this perfideous called.
b. Of actions, etc.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 298 The wicked author of that perfidious war. 1696Tate & Brady Ps. cxix. 163 Perfidious Practices and Lies I utterly detest. 1759Dilworth Pope 53 A knowledge of his underhand and perfidious dealing. 1848Lytton Harold iii. ii, The perfidious surrender of Alfred, Edward's murdered brother. |
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