单词 | dissembler |
释义 | dissemblern. One who dissembles; one who conceals his real purposes under a false appearance; one who practises duplicity; a deceiver, hypocrite. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > a hypocrite hypocrite?c1225 dissimuler1386 whited (painted) sepulchre1388 dissimulator?a1513 dissembler1526 cafard1539 Tartuffe1688 hypocritic1818 Pecksniff1844 possum1846 slape-face1847 double-face1892 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUi They iudged hym a dissembler and an ypocrite. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 87 All periurde, all forsworne, all naught, all dissemblers . View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης i. 11 A deep dissembler, not of his affections onely, but of Religion. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 681 So spake the false dissembler unperceivd; For neither Man nor Angel can discern Hypocrisie. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 163 I must put on the Dissembler a little, I see. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel iii. 152 He was a thorough dissembler, able to hide his purpose and skilful to execute it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1526 |
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