infidel

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.

The Infidels made an irruption. — Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers, Unknown
Miss Wilbur is an infidel. — The Chautauqua Girls At Home, Pansy
Of course no infidel would, she thought. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent

heathen, pagan, gentile

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