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# perfidious

adjective

«perfidious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not to be trusted; breaking promises and betraying people who trusted you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfidious/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a villain or a pirate who breaks his word and betrays those who trusted him

### Examples

- Heracles marched against Augeas for his perfidious conduct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfidious/#x1)
- The perfidious pirates were bearing down upon the warriors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfidious/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perfidious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfidious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perfidious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perfidious.html) on Mova free.