Perfidy – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘ perfidy.’

The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.

No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form. 

It means:
1. Treachery
2. Faithlessness
3. The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy.
4. Scam

1. Hindi – Namakaharaamee
2. Spanish – Perfidia
3. French – Perfidie
4. Mandarin – Wánměi

1. His not having spoken of marriage may add to his perfidy, but can be no excuse for his conduct.
2. We had another instance, about this time, of the perfidy of Harlay.
3. It was an example of his perfidy.
4. The king and his mother were mortified by this evidence that their perfidy was suspected.
5. No, Sir; but, lawyer as I am, there are depths of perfidy I’m not prepared for.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
betrayal, bunco, corruption, disaffection, dodge, double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, falseness, flimflam, gyp, infidelity, perfidiousness, put-on, racket, scam, sellout, spoof, treason, whitewash, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, double-cross, fast shuffle, grift, recreancy, shell game, skin game, stab in the back, sweet talk, treacherousness, two-timing,
disbelief, dishonesty, disloyalty, doubt, falsity, fickleness, fraud, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, scepticism, traitorousness, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness, false-heartedness, deceit, deceitfulness, double-dealing, untrustworthiness, breach of trust etc.

belief, devotion, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, loyalty, trust, truthfulness