Perdu

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Perdu
Author: Noah Webster

PERDU’

PERDU’E, adv. [L. perdo.] Close; in concealment.

The moderator, out of view,

Beneath the desk had lain perdue.

PERDU’, n. One that is placed on the watch or in ambush.

PERDU’, a. Abandoned; employed on desperate purposes; accustomed to desperate purposes or enterprises.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Perdu," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 11, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJ597FWQY258TIN.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Perdu." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 11 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJ597FWQY258TIN.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Perdu' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 11 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJ597FWQY258TIN.