[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- In extended use: placed in an extremely hazardous position or situation; (of a case or situation) desperate; lost.

- In extended use: to be concealed or hidden from sight; to lie low. Of people.


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Origin:
late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle French perdu lost, perished (980 in Old French; French perdu, feminine perdue), past participle of perdre from classical Latin perdere; chiefly after Middle French, French sentinelle perdue