Associations to the word «Perfidious»

Wiktionary

PERFIDIOUS, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.

Dictionary definition

PERFIDIOUS, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne