Definition of Perdu. Meaning of Perdu. Synonyms of Perdu

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Definition of Perdu

Perdu
Perdu Per*du", n. [See Perdu, a.] 1. One placed on watch, or in ambush. 2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. --Shak.
Perdu
Perdu Per*du", Perdue Per*due", a. [F. perdu, f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See Perdition.] 1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close. He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. --Fuller. 2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. ``A perdue captain.' --Beau. & Fl.

Meaning of Perdu from wikipedia

- calls it "French toast" for convenience. The usual French name is pain perdu (French: [pɛ̃ pɛʁdy] 'lost bread', reflecting its use of stale or otherwise...
- In Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as Remembrance of Things Past, and sometimes referred to...
- The City of Lost Children (French: La Cité des enfants perdus) is a 1995 science fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by...
- Perdu d'avance is the debut studio album by French rapper Orelsan. It was released on 16 February 2009 by 3e Bureau and 7th Magnitude. It peaked at number...
- The Lost Tree (French: Arbre Perdu), also known as the Arbre Thierry Sabine (Thierry Sabine Tree), is an isolated relict tree in the Ténéré region of...
- Lost-wax casting – also called investment casting, precision casting, or cire perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French) – is the process by which...
- company of Landsknecht. In French such a band was known as les enfants perdus— "the lost children". The notion of a band of volunteers undertaking a near-suicidal...
- Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese; all three meaning lost mountain) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees...
- literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel À la recherche du temps perdu (in Frenchtranslated in English as Remembrance of Things Past and more...
- Paris at the opening night (17 January 1997) of Le Presbytère N'a Rien Perdu De Son Charme Ni Le Jardin De Son Éclat, a work by French ballet legend...