单词 | duplicity |
释义 | duplicity /dooh plis"i tee, dyooh-/, n. , pl. duplicities for 1. 1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing. 2. a twofold or double state or quality. [1400-50; late ME duplicite < MF < ML, LL duplicitas, with -ite r. -itas; see DUPLEX, -ITY] Syn. 1. deception, dissimulation. See deceit. Ant. 1. straightforwardness. |
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