Per*fid"i*ous (pər*fid"i*us; 277), a. [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.
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