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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans;
- Example: "Punic faith"
- Example: "the perfidious Judas"
- Example: "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"
- Example: "treacherous intrigues"
[syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perfidious \Per*fid"i*ous\ (p[~e]r*f[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]s; 277), a.
   [L. perfidious.]
   1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to
      trust or confidence reposed; treacherous; faithless; as, a
      perfidious friend. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. "Involved in this
      perfidious fraud." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perfidious
    adj 1: 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" [syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous]