2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain." Beau. & Fl.
PERDUELLION
Per`du*el"lion, n. Etym: [L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war.]
(Civil Law)
Defn: Treason.
PERDULOUS
Per"du*lous, a. Etym: [See Perdu, a.]
Defn: Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.
PERDURABILITY
Per*dur`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.
PERDURABLE
Per*dur"a*ble, n. Etym: [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See
Perdure.]
Defn: Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Shak.
— Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]
PERDURANCE; PERDURATION
Per*dur"ance, Per`du*ra"tion, n.