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Etymology edit

From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (I destroy, I lose).

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  • IPA(key): /pɜː(ɹ).ˈdɪ.ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: per‧di‧tion
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən
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perdition (countable and uncountable, plural perditions)

  1. Eternal damnation.
    • 2009, Behemoth, Ov Fire and the Void:
      I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed
  2. Hell.
  3. Absolute ruin; downfall.
    Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French perdiciun, borrowed from Late Latin perditiōnem, from Latin perdō.

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Particularly: "To keep any phrase-book as tame as is needed"

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perdition f (plural perditions)

  1. perdition

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