deceitful
English
Alternative forms
- deceiptful (obsolete)
- deceiptfull (obsolete)
- deceitfull (archaic)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)
- Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- c. 1590 William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 27:6:
- Faithfull are the woundes of a friend : but the kiſſes of an enemy are deceitfull.
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- c. 1590 William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- deceptive, two-faced
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deceptive
Translations
deliberately misleading or cheating
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deceptive
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