1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future
misery or eternal death.
The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet.
Shak.
If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition.
J. M. Mason. 2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.] Shak.
Perditionable
(Per*di"tion*a*ble) a. Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [R.] Pollok.
Perdix
(||Per"dix) n. [L., a partridge, Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the common European
partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
Perdu
(Per*du") (per*du" or per"du), n. [See Perdu, a.]
1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak.
Perdu
(Per*du", Per*due") (per*du" or per"du), a. [F. perdu, f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L.
perdere. See Perdition.]
1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.
He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.
Fuller. 2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain."
Beau. & Fl.
Perduellion
(Per`du*el"lion) n. [L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war.] (Civil Law) Treason.
Perdulous
(Per"du*lous) a. [See Perdu, a.] Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.
Perdurability
(Per*dur`a*bil"i*ty) n. Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Perdurable
(Per*dur"a*ble) n. [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See Perdure.] Very durable; lasting; continuing
long. [Archaic] Chaucer. Shak.
— Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]
Perdurance
(Per*dur"ance) Perduration
(Per`du*ra"tion) n. Long continuance. [Archaic]
Perdure
(Per*dure") v. i. [L. perdurare; per through + durare to last.] To last or endure for a long
time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic]
The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines.
Hickok. Perdy
(Per*dy") adv. Truly. See Parde. [Obs.]
Ah, dame! perdy ye have not done me right.
Spenser. Pere
(Pere) n. A peer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Peregal
(Per*e"gal) a. [OF. par very (L. per) + egal equal, L. aequalis.] Fully equal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"Peregal to the best." Spenser.
