Definitions for Perdu

Perdu per·du

Spelling: [per-doo, -dyoo, per-]
IPA: /pərˈdu, -ˈdyu, pɛr-/

Perdu is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in Perdu (depru).

Definitions for Perdu

noun

  1. Obsolete. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.
  2. Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.

adjective

  1. hidden; concealed; obscured.

Origin of Perdu

1585-95; French: lost, past participle of perdre Latin perdere to lose

Examples for Perdu

The perdu, as might have been expected when so many mysteries were credited to it, was commonly held to be bottomless.

The perdu lay perpetually asleep, along beside a steep bank clothed with white birches and balsam poplars.

At such times he was more than likely to stray over to the banks of the perdu.

It would have been hard for Reuben to say just why he found the perdu so attractive.

The perdu was but a stone's throw broad, throughout its entire length.

For a long time she loved the perdu primarily for its associations with the boy who was her playmate, her protector, and her hero.

Of the dwellers about the perdu none was more saturated with the magic of the place than Reuben Waugh, a boy of thirteen.

Always that phrase of his, he had called himself so often 'perdu!'

He resolved that he would buy property near the perdu and settle there.

He laughed softly; and just then the blue heron came back to the perdu.

Word Value for Perdu
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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