perfid

perfid

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French perfide (“perfidious”), from Latin perfidus (“faitheless”).

Adjective

perfid

1. vicious, spiteful, malicious, sadistic, low-minded; snide, insinuating (in one's utterance about a person or matter)

   Hun skrev en perfid artikel om borgmesterens privatliv.

   She wrote a malicious article about the mayor's private life.

   Han blev perfid og sarkastisk, når han var i dårligt humør.

   He became viciously spiteful and sarcastic when he was in a bad mood.

2. (mostly older language) perfidious, manipulative

   Det var en perfid og løgnagtig påstand.

   It was a perfidious and mendacious claim.

Inflection

Inflection of perfid
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	perfid	—	—2
Neuter singular	perfidt	—	—2
Plural	perfide	—	—2
Definite attributive1	perfide	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

1. ondskabsfuld, nederdrægtig, led, nedrig, nedladende; bagtalende, fornærmende, injurierende
2. troløs, falsk; vildledende, manipulerende, fordrejende, forvrænget, lumsk

Related terms

• perfiditet

References

• “perfid” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Viennese German perfid, from the French perfide (“perfidious”), from the Latin perfidus (“faitheless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrfid]

Adjective

perfid (not comparable)

1. (archaic) perfidious

Synonyms

• hitszegő

See also

• perfídia