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perdu, perdue (adjective) (not comparable)
1. A reference to something or someone that has been hidden, concealed, or lost: Margaret's son has been a perdu child for the last fifteen years since he was stolen from his crib one night by a couple who could not give birth to their own baby.
2. Etymology: Borrowed from French perdue, originally past participle, feminine of perdre, "to lose".
Lost to sight.
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