prevaricator

English

Etymology

prevaricate +‎ -or or Latin praevaricator: compare French prévaricateur.

Noun

prevaricator (plural prevaricators)

1. One who prevaricates.
   • 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 214:

     It was evident he took me for a perfectly shameless prevaricator.

2. (historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.

Translations

one who prevaricates

• Dutch: draaier (nl), veinzer (nl)
• French: prévaricateur (fr) m, prévaricatrice (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Tatsachenverdreher m, Schönredner m, Wahrheitsverdreher m, Faktenverfälscher m
• Plautdietsch: Läajna m
• Portuguese: prevaricador m

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pre.u̯aː.riˈkaː.tor/, [preu̯äːrɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.va.riˈka.tor/, [preväriˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

prevāricātor m (genitive prevāricātōris); third declension

1. Alternative form of praevāricātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prevāricātor	prevāricātōrēs
genitive	prevāricātōris	prevāricātōrum
dative	prevāricātōrī	prevāricātōribus
accusative	prevāricātōrem	prevāricātōrēs
ablative	prevāricātōre	prevāricātōribus
vocative	prevāricātor	prevāricātōrēs

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Romanian

Etymology

From French prévaricateur or Latin praevaricator.

Adjective

prevaricator m or n (feminine singular prevaricatoare, masculine plural prevaricatori, feminine and neuter plural prevaricatoare)

1. prevaricating

Declension

Declension of prevaricator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	prevaricator		prevaricatoare	prevaricatori	prevaricatoare
	definite	prevaricatorul		prevaricatoarea	prevaricatorii	prevaricatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	prevaricator		prevaricatoare	prevaricatori	prevaricatoare
	definite	prevaricatorului		prevaricatoarei	prevaricatorilor	prevaricatoarelor

Noun

prevaricator m (plural prevaricatori)

1. prevaricator

Declension

Declension of prevaricator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) prevaricator	prevaricatorul	(niște) prevaricatori	prevaricatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) prevaricator	prevaricatorului	(unor) prevaricatori	prevaricatorilor
vocative	prevaricatorule		prevaricatorilor