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English-Thai Dictionary

perfidious

ADJ โกง  ทุจริต  ไม่ ซื่อสัตย์  insidious devious deceitful open honest kong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERFIDIOUS

a.[L. perfidus; per and fidus, faithful. Per in this word signifies through, beyond, or by, aside. ] 1. Violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; treacherous; as a perfidious agent; a perfidious friend. [See Perfidy. ]
2. Proceeding from treachery, or consisting in breach of faith; as a perfidious act.
3. Guilty of violated allegiance; as a perfidious citizen; a man perfidious to his country.

 

PERFIDIOUSLY

adv. Treacherously; traitorously; by breach of faith or allegiance.

 

PERFIDIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being perfidious; treachery; traitorousness; breach of faith, of vows or allegiance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERFIDIOUS

Per *fid "i *ous, a. Etym: [L. perfidious. ]

 

1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak.

 

2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. "Involved in this perfidious fraud. " Milton.

 

PERFIDIOUSLY

PERFIDIOUSLY Per *fid "i *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a perfidious manner.

 

PERFIDIOUSNESS

PERFIDIOUSNESS Per *fid "i *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. Clarendon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

perfidious

per fid i ous |pərˈfidēəs pərˈfɪdiəs | adjective literary deceitful and untrustworthy: a perfidious lover. DERIVATIVES per fid i ous ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin perfidiosus, from perfidia treachery.

 

Oxford Dictionary

perfidious

perfidious |pəˈfɪdɪəs | adjective literary deceitful and untrustworthy: a perfidious lover. DERIVATIVES perfidiously adverb, perfidiousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin perfidiosus, from perfidia treachery .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

perfidious

perfidious adjective literary a perfidious lover: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless, unfaithful, traitorous, treasonous, false, false-hearted, double-dealing, two-faced, untrustworthy. ANTONYMS faithful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

perfidious

perfidious adjective a perfidious lover: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless, unfaithful, traitorous, treasonous, false, untrue, double-dealing, dishonest, two-faced, untrustworthy; rare false-hearted, double-faced, truthless, Punic. ANTONYMS faithful, loyal.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

perfidious

per fid i ous /r fɪ́diəs /形容詞 ⦅文 ⦆不誠実な, 裏切りの, 信頼できない (treacherous ).ness 名詞