perdu

See also: perdû

English

Alternative forms

• perdue

Etymology

Borrowed from French perdu.

Adjective

perdu (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Hidden; lost to view.
   • (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.

2. (obsolete) Lost (from a soldier given a mission he is not expected to return from).
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 7, [1]

     Among certain grizzled sea-gossips of the gun decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue […]

3. (obsolete) Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; reckless; hopeless.
   • (Can we date this quote by Beaumont and Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     a perdue captain

Noun

perdu (plural perdus)

1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, IV. vii. 35:

     To watch, poor perdu, / With this thin helm?

Anagrams

• Dupre, Prude, drupe, duper, prude, pured, red up, red-up

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Verb

perdu

1. imperative of perdi

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.dy/

Verb

perdu (feminine perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)

1. past participle of perdre

Adjective

perdu (feminine perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)

1. lost

Derived terms

• pain perdu

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• drupe, duper

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French perdu.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

perdu (not comparable)

1. lost

Further reading

• “perdu” in Duden online