† dissemblationn.
Obsolete.
= dissimulation n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]
foxingc1220
feignc1320
faintise1340
simulation1340
dissimulingc1374
likenessc1384
dissimulationc1386
coverture1393
dissemblationc1425
assimulationa1450
dissemblec1480
fiction1483
dissemblinga1500
irony1502
dissimulance1508
dissembly?c1550
blindation1588
counterfeisance1590
misseeming1590
supposing1596
dissemblance1602
guise1662
dissimulating1794
make-believe1794
representation1805
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
make-belief1837
pretence1862
make-believing1867
postiche1876
kid-stakes1916
smoke and mirrors1980
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xi. 55 He saw þat he mycht noucht The Town of were wyn..Undyr dissymbelatyoun.
1588 Hunsdon in Border Papers (1894) I. 305 But it is all dissemblacion, and that wee shall find if wee trust to them.
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