PERDU (2)

{ Per‐du″, Per‐due″ } (pẽr‐dū″ or pẽr″dū̍), a. [[F. perdu, f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See Perdition.]] 1. 1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.
He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. Fuller. 2. 2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. “A perdue captain.” Beau. & Fl.