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janus-faced
(encz) | Janus-faced, adj: |
Janus-faced
(gcide) | Janus-faced \Ja"nus-faced`\, a.
Double-faced; deceitful.
[1913 Webster]
Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go
upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on
either side indifferently. --Knight.
[1913 Webster] |
janus-faced
(wn) | Janus-faced
adj 1: having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a
Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"
2: 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]
3: having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the
past; "Janus the two-faced god" [syn: Janus-faced, {two-
faced}] |
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janus-faced
(encz) | Janus-faced, adj: |
Janus-faced lock
(gcide) | Janus-faced \Ja"nus-faced`\, a.
Double-faced; deceitful.
[1913 Webster]
Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go
upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on
either side indifferently. --Knight.
[1913 Webster] |
janus-faced
(wn) | Janus-faced
adj 1: having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a
Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"
2: 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]
3: having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the
past; "Janus the two-faced god" [syn: Janus-faced, {two-
faced}] |
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