Sinonn.
/ˈsʌɪnən/ One who misleads by false tales; a perfidious person; a deceiver or betrayer. In Peele's Jests viii. Dyce reads she-Sinon for she-sinnow of the old editions.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > betrayer > [noun] > perfidious
Sinon1581
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > one who entraps
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fodea1529
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Sinon1581
entrapper1587
siren1592
snarer1597
flycatcher1600
ensnarer1631
decoy1639
decoy-ducka1640
trepan1653
trepanner1659
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous person
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adderOE
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Scariotc1380
murdererc1390
Judasc1405
proditor1436
cuckoo1581
Sinon1581
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serpent1600
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tradenta1626
Iscariot1647
dog1846
double-crosser1888
two-timer1927
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 483 b You come to late gentle Synon with these fables and bables.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D1 Here comes the Synon to my simple hart, Ile frame my selfe to his dissembling art.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 133 The Ambassador easily descryed him to be a Synon, sent meerly to betray his credulity.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. Dv They decipher him to be another Solon, and the Synon of those times.
1807 J. Collinson Life Thuanus 82 They are a company of Sinons, who watch opportunities of enriching them~selves by the ruin of others.
1817 Scott Rob Roy I. iv. 79 Osbaldistone inveighed..against the arts of these modern Sinons.
Derivatives
ˈSinonism n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
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pawka1522
false point?1528
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far-fetch?a1562
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Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
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practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [noun] > perfidy > instance
Sinonism1864
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > a treacherous act
treacheryc1300
treasonc1330
Sinonism1864
double-cross1896
stab in the back1922
1864 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. Another ‘dodge’—another Sinonism, if that phrase sounds more agreeably to classical ears—is conceived.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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