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hypocritic, a. and n.|hɪpəʊˈkrɪtɪk|
[ad. Gr. ὑποκριτικ-ός acting a part, dissembling (prob. through a med.L. *hypocriticus): see hypocrisy.]
A. adj. = hypocritical.
1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 24 Preamb., The hipocritike & superstiouse Religions within this Realme. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 267 Their rules are many and masqued under a serious (hypocritique) sanctitie. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 184 And, like an hypocritic Brother, Profest one thing, and did another. 1764Churchill Author 371 His silken smiles, his hypocritic air. 1848Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. ii. 211 All your selfish hypocritic pride.
B. n. rare.
1. = hypocrite.
1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets viii. (1870) 199 He plays the hypocritic on himself.
†2. The art of declamation with appropriate gestures (= Gr. ἡ ὑποκριτική, sc. τέχνη). rare—1.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. (1789) I. ix. 152 The term hypocritic..is used to express Gesture or theatrical action. |