esperduement

Middle French

Etymology

esperdue +‎ -ment.

Adverb

esperduement

  1. desperately
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 8:
      il devint si esperduement espris de l’amour forcené de ce sien ouvrage, qu’il falut, qu’en faveur de sa rage les dieux la luy vivifiassent
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Descendants

  • French: éperdument
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