molteyr

Manx

Etymology

moll (“fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick”) +‎ -teyr

Noun

molteyr m (genitive singular molteyr, plural molteyryn)

1. deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor

Derived terms

• molteyragh (“fallacious, insidious, fraudulent, deceptive; captivating”)
• molteyraght (“deceit, deceitfulness; captivation”)