per|fi|dy

per|fi|dy
per|fi|dy «PUR fuh dee», noun, plural -dies.
a breaking faith; base treachery; being false to a trust: »

a forsaken lady…bewailing the perfidy of her lover (Charlotte Brontë).

SYNONYM(S): faithlessness, betrayal, disloyalty.
[< Latin perfidia < perfidus faithless < per- (pejorative) + fidēs, -ēī faith]

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