PERDICINE
Per"di*cine, a. Etym: [See Perdix.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidæ, or partridges.
PERDIE
Per*die", adv.
Defn: See Parde. Spenser.
PER DIEM
Per di"em. [L.]
Defn: By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day.
PERDIFOIL
Per"di*foil, n. Etym: [L. perdere to lose + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Defn: A deciduous plant; — opposed to Ant: evergreen. J. Barton.
PERDITION Per*di"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. para away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. do. See Do.]
1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.