Associations to the word «Perdu»

Wiktionary

PERDU, adjective. Hidden.
PERDU, adjective. Lost (from a soldier given a mission he is not expected to return from).
PERDU, noun. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
PERDU, noun. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats