This week’s theme
Words to describe people

This week’s words
nefandous
minacious
perfidious

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(puhr-FID-ee-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Treacherous; deceitful.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin perfidus (treacherous), from per- (beyond) + fidus (faith). Earliest documented use: 1538.

USAGE:

“According to Barnum’s version of events, he was ruined by a perfidious business partner, who tricked him into endorsing half a million dollars’ worth of promissory notes.”
Elizabeth Kolbert; You Can’t Make It Up; The New Yorker; Aug 5, 2019.

See more usage examples of perfidious in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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