double-facedadj.

/dʌbəlˈfeɪst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, faced adj.¹

Etymology: < double adj.¹ + faced adj.¹

a. Having two faces or aspects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > having two faces or aspects

double-faced1589

bifront1598

bifronted1598

two-faced1659

bipolar1810

bifrontal1876

bifacial1884

double-sided1907

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C Chaunce is like Ianus double faced.

a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 140 Double-fac'd Death.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 36 Double-faced as these inventions are—wearing one meaning in the apologies of theologians, and quite another to the multitude.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 726/1 Double-faced, a term applied to an architrave, or the like, having two faces.

1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. xi. 215 Some phrases are..double-faced.

1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. ii. 99 In Old English the number of double-faced or amphibious verbs was far inferior to that of transitive verbs.

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b. Of a fabric: Finished on both sides, so that either may be used as the right side.

c. Of a gramophone record: having a recording on each side (cf. double-sided adj. (a) at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 2f(b)).

ΚΠ

1936 Amer. Speech 11 5 The author has made ten double-faced phonograph records.

2. figurative. ‘Facing two ways’; professing different things to different people; insincere.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing

twifoldc897

doublea1340

twice-sworn1542

ambidexter1549

double-hearteda1555

double-faced1574

doubling1581

double-dealing1587

twi-faced1635

two-faceda1640

ambidextrous1646

double-headed1646

two-hearteda1656

ambidextral1665

twistical1805

twistifying1845

twistified1872

duplicitous1958

1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Ivi^v (margin) Double faced men God abhorreth.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 53 Deepe dissemblers, double hearted, double tongued, double faced.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 63 Those whom he knew to be slippery and double-faced.

Derivatives

double-ˈfacedness n. the quality of being double-faced; duplicity, insincerity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity

doublenessc1374

frouncec1374

duplicityc1430

double-heartedness1571

a heart and a heart1583

two hearts1594

ambidextry1611

ambidexterity1755

double-facedness1867

two-facedness1882

double-handedness1883

1867 G. A. Sala From Waterloo to Peninsula II. 116 An element in Spanish statecraft..known as doblez, or doublefacedness.

1887 S. Colvin Keats 79 Of double-facedness or insincerity..Hunt was incapable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	double-faced
释义	double-facedadj. /dʌbəlˈfeɪst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, faced adj.¹ Etymology: < double adj.¹ + faced adj.¹ 1. a. Having two faces or aspects. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > having two faces or aspects double-faced1589 bifront1598 bifronted1598 two-faced1659 bipolar1810 bifrontal1876 bifacial1884 double-sided1907 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C Chaunce is like Ianus double faced. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 140 Double-fac'd Death. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 36 Double-faced as these inventions are—wearing one meaning in the apologies of theologians, and quite another to the multitude. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 726/1 Double-faced, a term applied to an architrave, or the like, having two faces. 1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. xi. 215 Some phrases are..double-faced. 1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. ii. 99 In Old English the number of double-faced or amphibious verbs was far inferior to that of transitive verbs. Categories » b. Of a fabric: Finished on both sides, so that either may be used as the right side. c. Of a gramophone record: having a recording on each side (cf. double-sided adj. (a) at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 2f(b)). ΚΠ 1936 Amer. Speech 11 5 The author has made ten double-faced phonograph records. 2. figurative. ‘Facing two ways’; professing different things to different people; insincere. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing twifoldc897 doublea1340 twice-sworn1542 ambidexter1549 double-hearteda1555 double-faced1574 doubling1581 double-dealing1587 twi-faced1635 two-faceda1640 ambidextrous1646 double-headed1646 two-hearteda1656 ambidextral1665 twistical1805 twistifying1845 twistified1872 duplicitous1958 1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Ivi^v (margin) Double faced men God abhorreth. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 53 Deepe dissemblers, double hearted, double tongued, double faced. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 63 Those whom he knew to be slippery and double-faced. Derivatives double-ˈfacedness n. the quality of being double-faced; duplicity, insincerity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity doublenessc1374 frouncec1374 duplicityc1430 double-heartedness1571 a heart and a heart1583 two hearts1594 ambidextry1611 ambidexterity1755 double-facedness1867 two-facedness1882 double-handedness1883 1867 G. A. Sala From Waterloo to Peninsula II. 116 An element in Spanish statecraft..known as doblez, or doublefacedness. 1887 S. Colvin Keats 79 Of double-facedness or insincerity..Hunt was incapable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1574
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