parjure

parjure

See also: parjuré

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ʒyʁ/

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Noun

parjure m (plural parjures)

1. forswearing, abjuration
2. betrayal, disloyalty, treachery
3. betrayer, traitor, disloyal person
   • 1640, Pierre Corneille, “Act I, Scene 2”, in Horace:

     Je garde à Curiace une amitié trop pure / Pour souffrir plus longtemps qu'on m'estime parjure.

     I hold too pure of an amity towards Curiace / For me to bear them seeing me as unfaithful for long.

Related terms

• parjurer

Verb

parjure

1. inflection of parjurer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “parjure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.