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1300–50; < Latin perditiōn- (stem of perditiō) destruction, equivalent to perdit(us) (past participle of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equivalent to per- per- + di-, combining form of dare to give + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun < Old French < Latin, as above
1300–50; < Latin perditiōn- (stem of perditiō) destruction, equivalent to perdit(us) (past participle of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equivalent to per- per- + di-, combining form of dare to give + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun < Old French < Latin, as above
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Perdition
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is impasse. Does it mean:
| a position or situation from which there is no escape; a road or way that has no outlet |
| acute vexation or embarrassment |
Example Sentences
- The road is not always a one-way trip to perdition.
- Risking sin and perdition, we're rich.
- Perfection was his perdition.
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World English Dictionary
| perdition (pəˈdɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Christianity |
| a. final and irrevocable spiritual ruin | |
| b. this state as one that the wicked are said to be destined to endure for ever | |
| 2. | another word for hell |
| 3. | archaic utter disaster, ruin, or destruction |
| [C14: from Late Latin perditiō ruin, from Latin perdere to lose, from | |
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Word Origin & History
perdition
mid-14c., "fact of being lost or destroyed," from O.Fr. perdiciun (11c.), from L.L. perditionem (nom. perditio) "ruin, destruction," from L. perditus, pp. of perdere "do away with, destroy, lose, throw away," from per- "through" (here perhaps with intensive or completive force, "to destruction") + -dare
EXPAND"to put" (see date (1)). Special theological sense of "condition of damnation, spiritual ruin, state of souls in Hell" (late 14c.) has gradually extinguished the general use of the word.
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