Definition of perfidious Perfidious

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We found 6 definitions of perfidious from 5 different sources.

What does perfidious mean?

Adjective
perfidious - tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
		punic, treacherous
		unfaithful not trustworthy; "an unfaithful reproduction"

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perfidious (Adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.

perfidious (a.)
Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend.
perfidious (a.)
Involving, or characterized by, perfidy.

perfidious
per-fid′i-us, adj. faithless: unfaithful: basely violating trust: treacherous.—adv. Perfid′iously.—ns. Perfid′iousness, Per′fidy, treachery. [L. perfidiosus—perfidia, faithlessness.]

perfidious
Treacherous; false to trust; guilty of violated faith; hence a perfidious foe. War, however melancholy in its effects, and frequently unjustifiable in its cause and progress, is nevertheless, among civilized nations, so far governed by certain principles of honor as to render the observance of established laws and customs an object of general acquiescence. When two or more countries are engaged in a hostile contest, whatever belligerent party grossly deviates from those rules is deservedly stamped with infamy, and justly called a perfidious foe.