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deperdits - What does it mean?

Definition of 'deperdits'

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (obsolete) Things lost or destroyed.
  • * Paley, Natural Theology , chapter 5, objection #4 [https://archive.org/stream/naturaltheology00pale#page/n15/mode/2up]
  • 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.
    (Webster 1913)