Perfidious

Then Miriam was furious, and complained to Minna about what she called her perfidious conduct; but Minna only laughed, and told her she could have Petrofsky instead. " ❋ Unknown (1902)

We wouldn't lie to you about the history of "perfidious" -- even though the word itself suggests deceitfulness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If soldiers are entitled to deal harshly with wounded enemy soldiers who might be engaged in perfidious acts, surely that entitlement can’t be contingent on holding a mini-trial right there to determine the matter. ❋ Unknown (2004)

From the end of 1796 the Venetian Senate secretly continued its armaments, and the whole conduct of that Government announced intentions which have been called perfidious, but the only object of which was to defeat intentions still more perfidious. ❋ Various (N/A)

'Your nation have well been called perfidious, Major Counsellor. ❋ Hesketh Vernon Hesketh Prichard (1899)

Jews and Judaism are characterized as the perfidious enemy of Islam and Israel becomes the Salmon Rushdie of the nations ❋ Dianne3000 (2010)

- where Jews and Judaism are characterized as the perfidious enemy of Islam, and Israel becomes the Salmon Rushdie of the nations. ❋ Dianne3000 (2010)

In truth, that prayer, which, in its first wording defined the Jews as "perfidious", that is "outside the faith" and blind, had already been "changed" but never abolished by John XXIII. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The kind of perfidious thing, of bad faith, that is characteristic of the imperialists because imperialists do not only kill there, here, everywhere, steal, plunder, lie, they are a personification of all that is immoral and bad in the world. ❋ Unknown (1970)

He wouldn't have found The Albion "perfidious" in the matter of "turtle and fine living," -- which was Mrs.R. 's description of the Pharisee. ❋ Various (N/A)

In this there was a kind of perfidious rivalry to the Christian miracles. ❋ Louis Bertrand (1903)

Then Prospero tells Miranda of himself and his brother, the "perfidious" Duke: ❋ Frank Harris (1893)

Rebellion was not only to be suppressed at home, but ere Lincolndom would put down its arms, corpulent and "perfidious" John Bull should be honored with a coat of tar and feathers, after the most approved Yankee notion. ❋ T. W. MacMahon (1862)

The original prayer from the rite described the Jews as "perfidious" and accused them of being blind. ❋ Independent.ie - Analysis RSS Feed (2010)

English speakers have used "perfidious" to mean "treacherous" since at least 1572. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The modern English meaning of "perfidious" remains faithful to that of its Latin ancestor, "perfidus," which means "faithless." ❋ Unknown (2010)