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Double-tongue
(gcide) | Double-tongue \Dou"ble-tongue`\, n.
Deceit; duplicity.
[1913 Webster]
Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair
before folk and wickedly behind. --Chaucer.
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double-tongued
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Double-tongued
(gcide) | Double-tongued \Dou"ble-tongued`\, a.
Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
Syn: deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, Janus-faced,
two-faced.
[1913 Webster]
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
double-tongued. --1 Tim. iii.
8.
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double-tongued
(wn) | double-tongued
adj 1: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by
pretending one set of feelings and acting under the
influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming
little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double
agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"-
W.M.Thackeray [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, {double-
dealing}, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced,
double-faced, double-tongued] |
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