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The state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- 1903, Andy Adams, The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days, ch. 20 "A Moonlight Drive", The lanterns both rear and forward being always in sight, I was as much at sea as any one as to the length of the herd, knowing the deceitfulness of distance of campfires and other lights by night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fraudulence, trickery, underhandedness, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dissimulation, duplicity, fraudulency, perfidy
Antonyms: none provided
the quality of being crafty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: craftiness, guile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disingenuousness
Etymology tree English deceitful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deceitfulness From deceitful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
agterbaksheid
— The state or quality of being deceitful
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Polish:
fałsz
— The state or quality of being deceitful
