perfidy (noun)
1perfidy — ► NOUN literary ▪ deceitfulness; untrustworthiness. ORIGIN Latin perfidia, from perfidus treacherous …
2perfidy — noun, literary the perfidy of her husband Syn: treachery, duplicity, deceit, deceitfulness, disloyalty, infidelity, faithlessness, unfaithfulness, betrayal, treason, double dealing, untrustworthiness, breach of trust; literary perfidiousness …
3perfidy — noun (plural dies) Etymology: Latin perfidia, from perfidus faithless, from per detrimental to + fides faith more at per , faith Date: 1592 1. the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal ; treachery 2. an act or an instance of disloyalty …
4perfidy — noun /ˈpəɾfɪdi,ˈpəːfɪdi/ a) A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery. b) Specifically, in warfare, an …
5perfidy — noun (U) literary disloyalty to someone who trusts you; treachery …
6perfidy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deceit, falseness, disloyalty; see dishonesty . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation: disloyalty, faithlessness, false heartedness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidiousness,… …
7perfidy — per|fi|dy [ pɜrfədi ] noun uncount LITERARY behavior that shows that someone cannot be trusted: TREACHERY …
8perfidy — [ pə:fɪdi] noun literary deceitfulness; untrustworthiness. Origin C16: via Fr. from L. perfidia treachery …
9perfidy — UK [ˈpɜː(r)fədɪ] / US [ˈpɜrfədɪ] noun [uncountable] literary behaviour that shows that someone cannot be trusted …
10perfidy — /ˈpɜfədi / (say perfuhdee) noun (plural perfidies) a deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery. {Latin perfidia faithlessness} …