deperdits

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noun

Things lost or destroyed.

OriginLate Latin deperditum ← Latin deperditus →
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Meanings

noundeperdits pl (plural only)
  1. obsoletepluralplural onlyThings lost or destroyed.

    […] we might have nations of human beings without nails upon their fingers, with more or fewer fingers and toes than ten... No reason can be given why, if these deperdits ever existed, they have now disappeared.

    1802, William Paley, Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, chapter 5, objection #4

Origin

  1. Latindeperditus
  2. Late Latindeperditum
  3. Englishdeperdits

Late Latin deperditum, from Latin deperditus, past participle of deperdere.

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APA

deperdits. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deperdits

MLA

“deperdits.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deperdits. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deperdits,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deperdits.

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