perfidious
adjective
deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful.
perfidiousness
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a word derived from
perfidious.
Example Sentences
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And ultimately, we can’t expect that post-truth culture will somehow collapse because of its perfidiousness.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2016
These inexorable words, combined with her look of pity and reproach—a look that seemed almost amorous on her fair face—gave him an impression of immense perfidiousness.
From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman
What, gracious God, is man! that there should be such inconsistency and perfidiousness in his conduct.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
Carthage is destroyed, because its avarice, perfidiousness, and cruelty, have attained their utmost height.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
He is an engineer of treachery, fraud, and perfidiousness, and knows how to manage matters of great weight with very little force by the advantage of his trepanning screws.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
