† Janianadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Janus-like; two-faced.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] > of persons, speech
ambiguous1560
meal-mouthed1570
mealy-mouthed1571
mealy1573
mealmouth1575
Janian1598
equivocant1609
bird-mouthed1610
equivocating1645
Janus-like1656
Janus-faceda1682
equivocatory1821
Samsonian1861
weasel1912
weasel-worded1923
stuttery1937
bet-hedging1971
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 27 Yee vizarded-bifronted-Ianian rout.
Derivatives
ˈJaniform adj. (also Januform)
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > marked with device > specific
half-faced1600
bijugate1725
uni-face1778
Janiform1814
punch-marked1869
jugate1887
1814 S. Smith To Jeffrey Mem. 1855 II. 115 The statue was to be Januform, with Playfair's face on one side and Stewart's on the other.
1892 W. Ridgeway Orig. Metallic Currency 318 The Janiform head, male and female, on the obverse of the coins of Tenedos.
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