PERFIDIOUS

(adj.) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
"Punic faith", "the perfidious Judas", "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes", "treacherous intrigues"
synonyms : punic , treacherous
It is better to have enemies than perfidious friends. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for perfidious

(Tag: ) per+FID+ious.. FID stands for fidelity.. i.e. loyalty.. hence perfidious is its opposite
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(Tag: English) perfidious --- perfume relate to perfume which reminds us of a beautiful lady who could be disloyal to you
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(Tag: ) perfidious.....imagine a guy who applies PERFume as well as DIOdrant....so he is disloyal to one of them......
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(Tag: Hindi) PERFidious - Perforate. PerFIDious - Feed. Jis thali me khaya, usi me ched kia (= treacherous; disloyal).
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(Tag: ) Perfidious:"PERFect IDIOt",here lets us use idiot as a -ve word,Hence u had a lover who is PerfectIdiot(Perfidious Lover)so he is deceitful,untrustworthy,...willing to betray ones thrust.....
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(Tag: ) Perfidious servant ne poisonous barfi di..
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(Tag: ) perfidious = per-'destruction' + fid'faith' => destroy the faith ~ betray
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(Tag: hindi and english) per(a guy) fir( again) ditched us..... a disloyal person
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(Tag: ) us per fida sab koi hai cuz she is disloyal
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