perdue

Lost to sight; hidden; in concealment; in ambush.

Being on a forlorn hope; sent on a desperate enterprise.

A soldier serving on a forlorn hope (in French enfant perdu); a person in desperate case.

One who is morally lost or abandoned.

In cookery, something concealed or ambuscaded: same as surprise.

Alternative spelling of perdu.

Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; reckless; hopeless.