perdu
adjective
hidden; concealed; obscured.
perdue
-
a variation of
perdu.
Example Sentences
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A perdue Captain, Full of my Fathers danger.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Francis Beaumont
Torel worked at the palace, and the statues were cast in "cire perdue" process, being executed in the churchyard itself.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
My theory is that he is perdue for the present, hoping all the enemy’s forces will enter Virginia, from Washington—when he will pounce upon that city and cut off their retreat.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
Whilst we lay perdue in yonder corner of the orchard.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
At the corner of the Rue des Ecrivains I heard a fat and deep voice singing: "Si ton honneur elle est perdue La bell', c'est tu l'as bien voulu."
From The Queen Pedauque by Jos. A. V. Stritzko
