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Machiavel|ˈmækɪəvɛl|
Also 6 Machivell, 6–8 Machiavell, 7–8 -vil(l, 7–9 Macchiavel.
[Anglicized name of Niccolò Machiavelli, a celebrated Florentine statesman, who advocated in his work Del Principe the pursuit of statecraft at the expense of morality.]
One who acts on the principles of Machiavelli; an intriguer, an unscrupulous schemer. † Also appositive.
1570Buchanan Admonitioun Wks. (S.T.S.) 24 Proud contempnars or machiavell mokkaris of all religioun and vertew. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 11, I wyshe you bannishe from your tables suche Atheists and machivells. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. i. 104 Am I politicke? Am I subtle? Am I a Machiuell? 1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady i, The very Agat Of State and Politie: cut from the Quar of Macchiavel. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 20 Intreaguers and Projectors, the very Machiavels of their age. 1712Addison Spect. No. 305 ⁋15 These young Machiavils will, in a little time, turn their College upside-down with Plots and Stratagems. 1775Sheridan Duenna ii. iv, Oh, this little cunning head! I'm a Machiavel—a very Machiavel. 1863Reade Hard Cash xxix, This artful man, who had now become a very Machiavel.
Hence † Machiavelize v. intr. = Machiavellianize. † Machiavelizing vbl. n.
1611Cotgr., Machiavelizer, to Machiauelize it; to practise Machiauellisme. 1617Minsheu Ductor, Macheualize. 1656Blount Glossogr., Machevalize or Machiavelianize. 1775Ash, Suppl., Machiavelizing, the act of practising the politics of Machiavel. |