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Perdue, Perdu adj.

Lost to view; in concealment or ambush. "He should lie perdue who is to walk the round."

Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain."

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Etymology of 'Perdue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Perdue" Quotes from Famous Books

... que, comme Francais, me console aujourd'hui du danger imminent, que court ma Patrie, de voir cette Colonie perdue pour elle." [In Beatson, Lieutenant-Colonel R.E., The Plains of Abraham; Notes original and selected (Gibraltar, Garrison Library Press, 1858), pp. 38 et seq.] Extract from "Lettres de M. le Marquis de Montcalm ...

— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

... les soldats avaient mieux seconde la bravoure de leur chef, l'armie de Charles VIII. etait perdue sans ressource—Ils se disperserent pour piller et laisserent aux Francais le temps de ...

— Legends of the Madonna • Mrs. Jameson