Perdue

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  • adj. Alternative spelling of perdu.
  • adj. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; reckless; hopeless.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lost to sight; hidden; in concealment; in ambush.
  • Being on a forlorn hope; sent on a desperate enterprise.
  • n. A soldier serving on a forlorn hope (in French enfant perdu); a person in desperate case.
  • n. One who is morally lost or abandoned.
  • n. In cookery, something concealed or ambuscaded: same as surprise.
    • Word Usage
    "The decanter was created using the traditional and now-rare technique of cire perdue, meaning "lost wax," and is shaped with a flat bottom, like the decanters used on board ships in the 1820s."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bossu    d'oil    inconnu    universelle    casada    arrete    perdu    veue    dirait    compagnie   
     
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