deceivablenessn.
Now rare.† 1. The capacity of deceiving; deceitfulness, deceit; deceptiveness. Obsolete (or archaic after the New Testament).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > quality of
swikeldoma1250
swikelhedea1250
falsehood1297
deceit1303
falsenessc1330
fraud?a1400
dolosity1401
guilefulnessa1425
feignedness1435
deceitfulness1509
deceivableness1526
knavishness1528
braidienessa1600
fallacy1641
trickiness1723
trickishness1788
deceptiveness1837
snakiness1842
sophistic1868
snakishness1901
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. ii. 10 In all deceavablenes of unrightewesnes [1611 with all deceivableness; 1881 R. V. with all deceit].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/1 Desceyvablenesse, deceuableté.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (iii. 14) i. 376 Sin prevails the more by the deceiveablenesse thereof.
1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 56 The Discourse..about the deceivableness of Opticks.
1826 E. Irving Babylon II. 439 They are deceived into false security by that mystery of deceivableness.
1853 I. Williams Serm. Epist. (1875) I. xvii. 193 With all deceivableness and power of seduction.
2. Liability to be deceived, fallibility.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > capacity for being deceived
deceptibility1661
deceivableness1674
deceivability1861
1674 Govt. Tongue viii. ⁋11 His negligence and deceivableness.
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