deperdition Now rare.
(diːpəˈdɪʃən)
[a. F. déperdition (Paré 16th c.), n. of action from L. dēperdĕre: see prec.]
Loss, waste, destruction by wasting away.
| 1607 J. King Serm. Nov. 31 Wherin was prodition, perdition, deperdition, al congested and heaped vp in on. c 1645 Howell Lett. I. i. xxxi, The old [flesh] by continual deperdition..evaporating still out of us. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 86 It may be unjust to deny all efficacie of gold, in the non-omission of weight, or deperdition of any ponderous particles. 1795 tr. Mercier's Fragments II. 63 At its horrid deperdition every citizen is alarmed. 1881 Annihilation 6 Alas! who will henceforth be afraid of sin, if it only..end in painless deperdition? |