different between quisling vs perfidious

English

Etymology

Named after Norwegian military officer Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name Kvislemark.

The name is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to Kvislemark +? -ing (suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities). Kvislemark is composed of Danish kvissel (“cleft branch”) +? mark (compare Danmark). kvissel itself is a derivative of Old Norse kvísl (“fork [as in a 'fork in the road']”), which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from Proto-Germanic *tw?sil?. Cognates include Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”) and Old High German zwisila (“forked implement, twig, branch”).

Ultimately related to English twistle, twissel, and twizzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?z.l??/

Noun

quisling (plural quislings)

1. (derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]

   Synonyms: collaborator, traitor, rat

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

quisling

1. present participle of quisle

See also

• fifth column

Further reading

• quisling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

After Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

quisling c (singular definite quislingen, plural indefinite quislinge or quislinger)

1. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy. Especially one who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

References

• “quisling” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

After Vidkun Quisling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??s.l??/
• Hyphenation: quis?ling

Noun

quisling m (plural quislingen, diminutive quislingetje n)

1. quisling

   Synonym: landverrader

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?isli??(i)/, [?k?is?li??(i)]

Noun

quisling

1. quisling

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislinger, definite plural quislingene)

1. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

References

• “quisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As above.

Noun

quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislingar, definite plural quislingane)

1. a quisling (as above)

References

• “quisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

quisling m (plural quislings)

1. (derogatory) quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy)

English

Etymology

From Latin perfidi?sus (“treacherous”), from perfidia.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p??f?di.?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f?di.?s/

Adjective

perfidious (comparative more perfidious, superlative most perfidious)

1. Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. [from late 16th c.]
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2

     TRINCULO (speaking about Caliban): By this light, a most perfidious and drunken / monster: when his god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle.

   • 1851, Oliver Goldsmith, Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome (ed. William C. Taylor), ch. 26:

     The perfidious Ricimer soon became dissatisfied with Anthe'mius, and raised the standard of revolt.

   • 1905, Andrew Lang, John Knox and the Reformation, ch. 14:

     [S]he knew Huntly for the ambitious traitor he was, a man peculiarly perfidious and self-seeking.

   • 2005 June 21, Robert Hughes, "Art: The Velocipede of Modernism," Time:

     When the Nazis branded Feininger a "degenerate artist" in 1937, he left 54 paintings for safekeeping with a Bauhaus friend named Hermann Klumpp. After the war, and for the rest of Feininger's life, the perfidious Klumpp refused to give them back.

Synonyms

• (disloyal): disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful

Derived terms

• perfidiously
• perfidiousness
• unperfidious

Related terms

• perfidy

Translations

Further reading

• Perfidious Albion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia