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perfidy

per·fidy

UK/ˈpɜː.fɪ.di/ US/ˈpɝ.fɪ.di/ uncommon

noun

Origin

From Middle French perfidie, from Latin perfidia from perfidus (“faithless, treacherous, false”), from fides (“faith”); related to, for example, English fidelity.

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