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tergiversant, a. and n.|ˈtɜːdʒɪˌvɜːsənt|
[ad. L. tergiversānt-em, pres. pple. of tergiversārī: see next.]
a. adj. Tergiversating, shuffling, evasive, shifty.
b. n. One who tergiversates; a turncoat, renegade.
1710Brit. Apollo III. No. 17. 2/1 A Future Bride, but yet under her First Courtship, and at first Opposite, Recusant and Tergiversant. 1833Mozley Let. 4 July in Ess. (1878) I. Introd. 20, I expect the tergiversants will be a considerable party. |