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doubleness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being double or doubled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 1540, Great Bible, 1 Chronicles 12 [verse 33], And of Zabulon that went out to the battayle and proceded forth to the war, with all maner of instrumentes of war fyftie M. that were prepared to the war, without any doublenesse of herte.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Behaviour intended to deceive people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: double-dealing, duplicity, insincerity

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English doublenesse; equivalent to double + -ness.